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...patients have a faulty gene that gives them a form of Leber's Congenital Amaurocis, a major cause of congenital blindness. Born with limited sight, the patients are expected to become totally blind as they grow older. They have enough photoreceptor cells, but the cells don't work because one of the genes is a dud. Now Ali is firing functional versions of the faulty gene back into the photoreceptor cells, and the one-time procedure could permanently cure the blindness. Johnson's condition - a faulty RPE65 gene - is incredibly rare. But Ali says the procedure, if it works, could...
...generation" gene-therapy researcher at Emory University in Atlanta. The U.S. National Eye Institute issued a statement to say the procedure "opens the door to treatment of a whole repertoire of genetic eye diseases." There's hope that, one day, gene therapy might be developed to tackle more complex sight disorders with a genetic component, like age-related macular degeneration...
...LONDON: Located in a 127-year-old building overlooking verdant Hyde Park, the Mandarin Oriental London is a welcome sight for weary souls climbing out of the cab or limo from Heathrow. Its one-hour-and-50-minute Ginger Ritual ($495) is billed as the perfect jet-lag cure, and comprises deep Shiatsu massage for the kidneys, feet, hips, shoulders, neck and back, as well as aromatherapy featuring an oil that's custom-blended to a guest's needs...
...Black Hand” threw hand grenades into their closed car on Tuesday. Since then, the war has raged without pause. CEB Vice-Chair C. Kai Wu ’09 is reportedly in hiding in Mather-occupied River East. Orders to shoot him on sight have been issued by most of the remaining House Committees (HoCos). Calls for peace have gone unheeded. In Leverett-occupied Radcliffe today, a large group of demonstrators was dispersed by a battalion of crack riflemen, with civilian casualties estimated to be in the low hundreds. Spokespeople from the Leverett Home Ministry declined repeated requests...
...tells us to be careful of this area or that - because that's where the guns and drugs are," said a consular official at an embassy in Caracas, asking to remain anonymous for fear of jeopardizing efforts to repatriate prisoners. Indeed, with no visiting rooms and few guards in sight, visitors must give inmates a small tip to fetch the prisoner they've come to see. Forget uniforms; prisoners wear the street clothes of their choice, though they are not supposed to wear dark colors that can hide blood spots. When inmates' girlfriends come to visit, they go straight...