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Pennsylvania medical team awarded prize for inherited blindness gene therapy

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By Liz Carey  |  April 21, 2026

A medical team from the Penn Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has been awarded the prestigious Breakthrough Prize for their work on gene therapy for inherited blindness. The award, considered the “Oscars of Science,” recognizes the team’s work in developing the first FDA-approved gene therapy for an inherited condition, which dramatically improves sight in people with a form of blindness called Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA). Jean Bennett, MD, PHD, and Albert Maguire,...

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