Updated: Feb 4, 2026
A study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine revealed that a blind patient partially regained his sight after receiving directed light treatment and gene therapy.
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According to the aforementioned study, the patient – diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa – was injected with a viral vector into the eye that encodes light and then used glasses that transform the images into light impulses, which enter the modified retina.
