But he wasn’t about to let mitochondrial disease Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) stand in his way, and he made his first appearance as part of Italy’s Paralympic team in 2016 ...

It’s hard to imagine suddenly losing your sight in your 20s, but that’s what happened to Richard Wheeler when he developed Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). People with LHON ...

Lenadogene nolparvovec, an adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy, was developed to address LHON and has been ...

The discovery of this activity provides a molecular explanation for the origin of the neurodegenerative disease Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). First described in 1988, LHON is linked ...

One such disease where patients may benefit is Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), an inherited eye disease affecting approximately 600,000 people worldwide and 100,000 people in China.