How to Use amaurosis in a Sentence

amaurosis

noun

• The blindness study is for people with one form of Leber congenital amaurosis.
  — Washington Post, 25 July 2019
• Ternent was diagnosed with leber congenital amaurosis as a child, a rare condition caused by a pair of faulty copies of the RPE65 gene.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 16 May 2021
• The boy, Creed Pettit, has a rare retinal disease called Leber congenital amaurosis.
  — Kate Sheridan, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2018
• Spark’s therapy is for Leber congenital amaurosis, a defect in a gene called RPE65.
  — Linda Loyd, Philly.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• One of the diseases her team has focussed on is Laber congenital amaurosis, or LCA, which can be identified and diagnosed in infants.
  — Science, 3 Dec. 2020
• The people in this study have Leber congenital amaurosis, caused by a gene mutation that keeps the body from making a protein needed to convert light into signals to the brain, which enables sight.
  — Marilynn Marchione, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2020
• But Leber congenital amaurosis is a progressive disease and with no treatment, Creed could one day be completely blind.
  — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• Twelve patients who were blinded by Leber’s congenital amaurosis showed signs of recovery after getting a genetic treatment in one of their eyes.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2009
• Caspian was born with a rare, inherited eye disorder called Leber congenital amaurosis, which results in the progressive deterioration of the retina, the tissue at the back of the eye that detects light and color.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2018
• Eye doctors, parents and patients were unanimous in their support of approving the treatment, which would be aimed at the one in a million children with a specific genetic defect that causes Leber congenital amaurosis, or LCA for short.
  — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2017
• Luxturna treats patients with a faulty RPE65 gene, which includes patients with Leber congenital amaurosis and retinitis pigmentosa.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2018
• In previous studies, researchers have been able to treat a genetic form of blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis, by fixing a faulty gene that would otherwise cause photoreceptors to gradually degenerate.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021
• Children with the dysfunctional gene often are diagnosed at an early age with disorders such as Leber congenital amaurosis or retinitis pigmentosa.
  — Laurie McGinley, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2017
• There are actually many kinds of retinal dystrophies, including Leber congenital amaurosis and retinitis pigmentosa.
  — Kate Sheridan, Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2017

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