Gene therapy giving the gift of sight to patients

Avis Favaro reports on the approval of the first-ever gene therapy in Canada and how it will help give patients a chance to regain sight.

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7 comments

  1. The cost is just crazy, this BS needs to stop. How much grant money has been received by the maker of this drug from tax payer money.

  2. As Two Minute Papers would say, _what a time to be alive!_ Let’s just hope that the prices eventually come down to be accessible to everyone after the trials are done, rather than be artificially kept high for maximum profits.

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