Can we prevent blindness in new borns?

Flame Health Optometry are very excited by the recent discovery from researchers in Canada.
They have identified a new gene (NMNAT1) believed to be responsible for a genetic form of blindness in new borns.
Labelling it ‘one of the most important discoveries in neuroscience and blindness for the past 15 years’, lead author of the study Dr Robert Koenekoop, director of the McGill Ocular Genetics Laboratory at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, explained: “Researchers have been looking for a link between NMNAT1 mutations and human disease in the brain or body for many years.”
The discovery will allow researchers to identify the gene responsible for the rare form of inherited eye disease in 75% of children and help the development of effective treatments.