Restoring visual function A gene therapy that makes surviving retinal ganglion cells light-sensitive allows blind patients to detect objects using stimulating goggles. (Courtesy: ©IOB, Veronique Juvin, 2021)"> Restoring visual function A gene therapy that makes surviving retinal ganglion cells light-sensitive allows blind patients to detect objects using stimulating goggles. (Courtesy: ©IOB, Veronique Juvin, 2021)

Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited degenerative condition that destroys photoreceptors in the retina and can eventually lead to irreversible blindness.…