Episode 34 – Gene Therapy for Colorblind Monkeys
Dalton
Our guest this week is Dr. Jay Neitz from the department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Neitz and his research team successfully used gene therapy to replace a faulty gene responsible for red-green colorblindness in adult male squirrel monkeys. We talk with Dr. Neitz about his experiment, its implications for gene therapy in humans and the process of science that led him to this breakthrough.
- Neitz Color Vision Website
- Neitz Vision: Gene Therapy to Cure Color Blindness
- WIRED: Gene Therapy Cures Color-Blind Monkeys
- Scientific American: Gene Therapy Cures Colorblindness for Adult Monkeys
- NPR: Thanks to Gene Therapy, Monkeys See in Full Color
- Science: Gene Therapy Gives Monkeys Color Vision
- Discover: Gene Therapy Cures Color Blindness in Monkeys
- National Geographic: Color Blindess Cured by Gene Injection in Monkeys
Direct download: LOL34.mp3