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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Ehud Y. Isacoff, Berkeley, CA (US);
Michael H. Berry, Berkeley, CA (US);
Amy Holt, Berkeley, CA (US);
Meike Visel, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Autoosa Salari, Berkeley, CA (US);
John G. Flannery, Berkeley, CA (US);
Benjamin M. Gaub, Berkeley, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method of restoring or enhancing visual function in an individual, the method comprising administering to the individual a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding one or more of a medium wavelength cone opsin (MW-opsin), a long wavelength cone opsin (LW-opsin), and a short wavelength cone opsin (SW-opsin). One or more of the MW-opsin, LW-opsin, and SW-opsin is expressed in a retinal cell in the individual, thereby restoring or enhancing visual function.