Health • April 30, 2026
6 Year Old Saffie Has Her Vision Saved from Rare Form of Blindness Thanks to One-Time Gene Therapy
Originally published on Good News Network

A 6-year-old girl in the UK is able to see normally again in the day and night thanks to a one-time gene therapy for a rare form of congenital blindness. At this very tender age, Saffie Sandford from Stevenage was diagnosed with Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, (LCA) a mutation in the RPE 65 gene which both
A 6-year-old girl in the UK is able to see normally again in the day and night thanks to a one-time gene therapy for a rare form of congenital blindness. At this very tender age, Saffie Sandford from Stevenage was diagnosed with Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, (LCA) a mutation in the RPE 65 gene which both
Originally published on Good News Network.
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