The 2018 António Champalimaud Vision Award of 1 million Euros will be shared by seven researchers who have worked to develop gene therapy to treat Leber congenital amaurosis, according to a press release.
Team leaders Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, Albert Maguire, MD, Robin Ali, PhD, James Bainbridge, MD, PhD, Samuel Jacobson, MD, PhD, and William Hauswirth, PhD, will be recognized, along with T. Michael Redmond, PhD, who cloned the RPE65 gene and discovered the genetic cause of Leber congenital amaurosis.
The research being rewarded led to the development of Luxturna (voretigene
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