In an extraordinary twist of fate, Khadijah Chaudhry, a three-year-old diagnosed with Leber congenital amaurosis-4, has beaten the odds and regained her vision, all thanks to a revolutionary gene therapy procedure.
Born with a condition threatening to steal her vision by age four, Khadijah faced an uncertain future until she became one of the first kids worldwide to undergo groundbreaking keyhole eye surgery at Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Leber congenital amaurosis-4, affecting around one in 40,000 newborns, severely restricts vision, often leaving individuals able to discern only light and dark. Read the full story here ▶
