Science Today: Gene Therapy for Color Blindness | California Academy of Sciences 

Its been over a decade dude, and no human trials yet. Thanks scientist😚😍😍😍😍😍😍👏👏👏👏👏👏

We need to keep pushing the scientists if we want real progressions!

This research has begun since 1999 and first implemented for monkey in 2009 and now at 2019 that does not try for human yet. Hopefully FDA will approve that trial to human and it will work properly. I doubt if someday millions of people lost their dreams because of this disorders. May the researchers have the long life so that they can improve their inventions day by day.

Gene therapy for red green color blindness please.., I have been waiting for human trials since 2009

On Wednesday, March 2015, Avalanche Biotechnologies in Menlo Park and the University of Washington in Seattle announced a licensing agreement to develop the first treatment for colorblindness. The deal brings together a gene therapy technique developed by Avalanche with the expertise of vision researchers at the University of Washington. "Our goal is to be treating colorblindness in clinical trials in patients in the next one to two years," says Thomas Chalberg, the founder and CEO of Avalanche. The agreement has its roots in a scientific breakthrough that occurred six years ago. That's when two vision researchers at the University of Washington used gene therapy to cure a common form of colorblindness in squirrel monkeys. "This opened the possibility of ultimately getting this to cure colorblindness in humans," says Jay Neitz, who runs the Color Vision Lab at UW along with his wife, Maureen Neitz.

I have achromatopsia which colorblindness if a part of. If they're having much progress with this then surely something simular for achromatopsia will be around soon too I guess.

im color blind and i'd love volunteer to undergo testing on humans. seriously.

I'm waiting like 15 years for this therapy. What is wrong? Does the big companies for lens does not allow them to continue or what?

@derekismature Ugh, I'd freak out seeing more of the spectrum than I already see in normal color vision. I was able to see the spectrum simulated as to what a bee see's etc. Its actually limiting and somewhat monochrome, but pretty in its own way, because the colors are very loud.

I am so weak brothers, I cant cook well, get jobs, distinguish green or yellow traffic light, match the clothes, and etc. This is very big disabillity for me.

its been 14 years and nothing new

Is the treatment available yet? I want this treatment so badly

>.> there is a gene for tetrachromacy amongst a small amount of humans, if this can give colour blind people trichromacy, then you could also use this to give tetrachromacy to one with trichromacy and allow them to see an even better range of colour and colour distinction...that would be awesome

wait were did you sign up for the clinical trials?

@mikeman882921 any improvement in your status????

Actually, OUR vision is limited to a narrow spectrum. A lot of animals see colors we can't.

I want 2 have this done to me, i am colorblind and its can be embarassing as hell

@derekismature Insignificant? Honey...I've seen simulated images of what the world looks like to you, and you have NO idea what you're missing. Everything will look COMPLETELY different when you are cured. I've already signed my boyfriend up for the clinical trials...we can't wait to be part of pioneering a cure!

Still waiting

These viruses also know how to boogie!