Jóse-Alain Sahel elaborated one patient’s journey from having sight, losing it and slowly regaining it after 20 years. He was sharing insights on the process that involves an innovative use of gene therapy, stimulating goggles and lots of training to restore vision for retinal regression.
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Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with José-Alain Sahel
José-Alain Sahel
Life Sciences
José-Alain Sahel
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine / Institut de la Vision (Sorbonne Université/Inserm/CNRS)
Dr. José-Alain Sahel is a clinician-scientist who developed a groundbreaking neuroprotective strategy to rescue central vision and first-in-man studies with electronic retinal implants, gene and cell therapies to restore vision in patients with blinding retinal dystrophies. He led the clinical trial documenting for the first time partial visual recovery after optogenetic therapy in a blind patient.