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Electroporation-Based Genetic Modification of Primary Human Pigment Epithelial Cells Using the Sleeping Beauty Transposon System
Published on: February 4, 2021
[Gene therapy for hereditary eye diseases]
Line Kessel1,2, Mette Bertelsen3, Kristian Klemp1
1Afdeling for Øjensygdomme, Københavns Universitetshospital - Rigshospitalet Glostrup.
Abstract:
Inherited retinal disorders (IRD) are a common cause of severe visual impairment among children and young adults in Denmark. Gene therapy with voretigene neparvovec for a specific, and in Denmark common, cause of IRD (RPE65-related retinal dystrophy) was implemented as standard clinical practice in 2020 as the first of its kind. Twelve Danish patients have been treated with very positive outcomes. Genetically based therapies for other genetic causes of IRD are underway in clinical trials and are expected to change the outlooks for patients who would otherwise become blind early in life.
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