A teenage boy who has been blind for most of his life has been cured due to new gene therapy treatments.

<div class="block">A teenage boy who has been blind for most of his life has been cured due to new gene therapy treatments.</div>

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New Eye Treatment Cures Teen Boy's Blindness

Finally, a teenage boy who's from Cuba, who has been legally blind for much of his life. Can now see again, thanks to new gene therapy treatments. 14 year old Antonio Venta had a rare genetic condition that causes blisters all over his body and his eyes. But his life has been changed after undergoing a gene therapy treatment at the University of Miami Health System. Part of a first of its kind clinical test, the treatment could open the door to help millions of people with other eye diseases, even common ones.