Groundbreaking gene therapy gives the gift of sight to Quebec child
that could have caused him to go blind. It’s the first operation of its kind in Quebec, and the first publicly funded one in Canada.
“To convert an untreatable disease into a treatable disease, for a physician in their lifetime in their career, it’s very rare,” said Dr. Flavio Rezende, an ophthalmologist and retinologist surgeon. Click to share quote on Twitter: "It's a very special opportunity we have to impact medicine into the future, and the future is the present. It's very rewarding."William was first diagnosed with Leber’s congenital amaurosis as a baby. It’s a severe form of inherited retinitis pigmentosa caused by a mutation in the RPE65 gene.
William says he couldn’t see at night, and also struggled during the day, especially with sports like badminton, tennis and soccer, where seeing a ball was difficult.It was difficult for his parents to witness.
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