{"id":7206,"date":"2018-01-23T05:31:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T05:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=7206"},"modified":"2018-01-23T05:31:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T05:31:58","slug":"genes-from-algae-used-to-treat-blindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/genes-from-algae-used-to-treat-blindness.html","title":{"rendered":"Genes from algae used to treat blindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French biotech firm GenSight Biologics has been granted permission to employ gene therapy as a treatment for blindness in a trial that will see the first use of optogenetics in humans.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7207 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Green_algae_-genes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Green_algae_-genes-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Green_algae_-genes-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After being given the green light by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the company announced that it would treat a group of UK citizens suffering from Retinitis Pigmentosa (PR) &#8211; a genetic disorder which affects cells in the retina and causes gradual loss of vision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticianonline.net\/news\/genes-from-algae-used-to-treat-blindness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French biotech firm GenSight Biologics has been granted permission to employ gene therapy as a treatment for blindness in a trial that will see the first use of optogenetics in humans. After being given the green light by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the company announced that it would treat a group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571,615],"tags":[623,136],"class_list":["post-7206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algae-pharmaceuticals","category-research-2","tag-algae-pharmaceutical","tag-algae-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7208,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7206\/revisions\/7208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}