Meeting Coverage:

Vit Buckle Society Meeting

VBS: 2018

A First Time for Everything: Gene Therapy Pearls

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At this year's 2018 VBS meeting, Audina M. Berrocal, MD, gave a presentation on the use of gene therapy in a 9-year-old boy with Leber congenital amaurosis. Here, she provides Geeta A. Lalwani, MD, with an overview of her experience using the adenovirus voretigene neparvovec-rzyl (Luxturna, Spark Therapeutics) to change the patient's life.

Posted: 3/24/2018

Keywords:

Gene Therapy

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A First Time for Everything: Gene Therapy Pearls

At this year's 2018 VBS meeting, Audina M. Berrocal, MD, gave a presentation on the use of gene therapy in a 9-year-old boy with Leber congenital amaurosis. Here, she provides Geeta A. Lalwani, MD, with an overview of her experience using the adenovirus voretigene neparvovec-rzyl (Luxturna, Spark Therapeutics) to change the patient's life.

Posted: 3/24/2018

Keywords:

Gene Therapy

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