Read more Robin Ali stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29969/robin-ali.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 13:09:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25860/gene-breakthrough-aids-blind.htmlPeter Fearon<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=98693&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401014042' border='0' />A rare and incurable congenital disease which causes blindness has been successfully treated for the first time using gene therapy, Reuters reports. Doctors inserted a healthy gene directly into one eye of patients suffering from Leber congenital amaurosis using a genetically engineered cold virus. Patients reported an improvement in their...Steven Howarth, 18, playing guitar at his home in Bolton, England. He is one of several blind patients experimentally treated with gene therapy. http://www.newser.com/story/25860/gene-breakthrough-aids-blind.htmlMon, 28 Apr 2008 02:42:47 CDT