A Gene Therapy That Can Reverse Blindness Just Won a $3 Million Prize

The breakthrough treatment, developed over 25 years, has already helped restore vision for some patients.

BY LEILA SHERIDAN, NEWS WRITER

Dr. Albert Maguire and Dr. Jean Bennett. Photo: Getty Images

A gene therapy that can restore sight to people born with degenerative blindness has earned its creators one of science’s most prestigious prizes, often described by its Silicon Valley founders as the “Oscars of science.”

Molecular biologist Jean Bennett and........

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