Recently, Wuhan Tongji Hospital announced that it has successfully completed the world's first gene therapy rare adolescent double-blindness. "See, 0.8 yeah!" Yesterday, the 13-year-old Xiaobai (a pseudonym) girl was difficult to suppress the excitement, and said to the uncle on the side. This is her 10th visit to Tongji Hospital to review her eyesight. You know, four years ago, this little girl from Xinzhou District suddenly became blind, and the treatment almost went into desperation. It is the magical gene therapy that reminds her of the bright future and rekindles the hope of life. 9-year-old girl was suddenly blinded by a good doctor In 2012, Xiaobai, who is in the fourth grade, feels that his eyesight is getting worse and worse. Reading and watching TV are getting closer and closer, and his academic performance has plummeted. When he was on a business trip, he saw the child almost watching TV on the screen, thinking that the child was nearsighted, took her to the local hospital for an examination, but was told not to be nearsighted. The whole family was in a hurry, and quickly took the children to Wuhan for various eye diseases specialists, but the effect was minimal. Later, I found Professor Li Bin, the chief ophthalmologist of Wuhan Tongji Hospital, and finally confirmed that the child was suffering from adolescent double blindness LHON. From small white onset to binocular vision, only 0.06, 0.08, only less than three months. Unfortunately, there was no definitive treatment at the time of this eye disease. It is a coincidence that Professor Li Bin is conducting a research on the LHON project for genetically treating adolescents with rare double-blind disease. Xiaobai’s family heard about the project and decided to participate in this experimental treatment. On November 5, 2012, Xiaobai received a small eye surgery: the doctor used a 1ml syringe to give a shot of treatment to the small white eye cavity. On January 30, 2013, the second visual reexamination, Xiaobai's right eye was 0.12, and the left eye was 0.25, which was higher than before treatment. This made the Xiaobai family see hope. During the subsequent 48-month recovery period, Xiaobai went to the hospital for review every few months. And every time she reviews, she can see more and farther things. Until November 18 this year, her binocular vision has reached 0.8, from the initial eye chart can not see the first line, until now can see the fourth line, the visual acuity has been significantly improved. Professor Li Bin said: "This means that gene therapy is clearly effective, and white vision has reached normal levels, which also marks the success of the world's first gene therapy adolescents with rare double-blind disease." Now, the lively and cheerful white is back, she is on the first day, and she is in love with playing mobile phones, so that she is a little nearsighted. At the time of the review, Dr. Li was very eager to say: "Be sure to protect your lost vision!" Youth Biotech CO,. Ltd. , https://www.youtherb.com![[The world's first] 13-year-old blind woman in China through genetic treatment of the eye and seeing the light again](http://i.bosscdn.com/blog/20/16/11/21095837836.jpg)