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Joseph F. Smith has been legally blind since birth. He lost what little sight he had in his mid-30s, when he learned he had Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). Thirty years later, genetic testing [...]

Early research into a form of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) caused by mutations in the CRB1 gene – including the discovery of a new version of a protein expressed by the gene – shows [...]