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Corey Haas, age 8, of Hadley, New York. LCA2 patient.

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1 Corey Haas, age 8, of Hadley, New York. LCA2 patient

2 What can we do about LCA2? What do we need to know first?

3 Dataset 1: A family history Genetic? Infectious? Environmental?

4 Dataset 2: Eye physiology Affected and unaffected individuals Clarity measurements Latency and amplitude of nerve transmission

5 Dataset 3: Molecular information Affected and unaffected individuals Measurements of rhodopsin, cis-retinal, trans-retinal, Na + concentration, mitochondria and DNA amounts Retinal

6 light Change in [Na + ] sends a signal down the optic nerve cis-retinal trans-retinal

7 light Change in [Na + ] sends a signal down the optic nerve RPE65

8 light Change in [Na + ] sends a signal down the optic nerve RPE65 LCA2!

9 light Change in [Na + ] sends a signal down the optic nerve RPE65 LCA2! Can we replace the defective RPE65 gene with a functional gene?

10 Corey Haas After RPE65 gene therapy on one eye


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