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Gene therapy breakthrough wins prestigious science award while researchers continue advancing vision restoration treatments.

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Married scientists Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire received a top science award for developing Luxturna, a gene therapy that restored vision to patients who could see their child's face for the first time.
The groundbreaking treatment represents a major advancement in gene therapy applications for previously untreatable genetic blindness conditions.
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