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But then there was choroideremia and degeneration of the retina; in a year his eyesight was tunneled, spattered with rainbow-colored halos.
The Shell Collector : Stories Anthony Doerr 2002
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But then there was choroideremia and degeneration of the retina; in a year his eyesight was tunneled, spattered with rainbow-colored halos.
The Shell Collector : Stories Anthony Doerr 2002
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But then there was choroideremia and degeneration of the retina; in a year his eyesight was tunneled, spattered with rainbow-colored halos.
The Shell Collector : Stories Anthony Doerr 2002
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Peter White spoke to Professor Robert MacLaren about his recent success treating the eye condition choroideremia using gene therapy.
BBC Ouch Blog Dan Slipper 2011
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But choroideremia affects very few, and it'll take $2.5 million for Bennett to start clinical trials, MacDonald says.
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Sunlight further weakens Scott's eyes, hastening the blindness that is the prognosis for nearly all who have choroideremia.
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He wants to win attention and research money for the fight against the disease, choroideremia, in hopes that science will be able to save not only what's left of his eyesight but that of his 24-year-old brother and 5-year-old nephew, who also have the rare, inherited disease.
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The dual diagnoses of choroideremia - the absence of an essential protein that leads to loss of cell layers necessary for vision - put things into place for
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"He really has a personal vendetta against choroideremia."
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Scott and his younger brother Kevin were diagnosed with choroideremia at the same time.
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