Penn Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia team awarded Breakthrough Prize for developing gene therapy for inherited blindness

By SquaredTown on April 19, 2026

Penn Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia team awarded Breakthrough Prize for developing gene therapy for inherited blindness

LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Their discovery started with a group of blind dogs living at a vet school. Now, the work has been awarded the prestigious Breakthrough Prize at the "Oscars of Science." Today, Jean Bennett, MD, PHD, and Albert Maguire, MD, both emeritus...

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