How could a single gene-editing injection treat inherited eye diseases?

發布時間: 2026年11月1日 新聞來源: SCMP 南華早報 查看原文
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How could a single gene-editing injection treat inherited eye diseases?

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In the third of a four-part Health Matters wellness series on frontier medicine in Hong Kong, Fiona Sun examines how a local start-up is testing a gene-editing therapy that could tackle a group of inherited eye diseases at their genetic source and what it will take to turn it into a treatment patients can access.

For 15 years, Professor Zheng Zongli has worked to make gene-editing therapies safe enough to treat diseases with limited treatment options.