{
  "id": 17588710,
  "title": "How could a single gene-editing injection treat inherited eye diseases?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/how-could-a-single-gene-editing-injection-treat-inherited-eye-diseases-17588710",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T11:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3372867/how-could-single-gene-editing-injection-treat-inherited-eye-diseases"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the third of a four-part Health Matters wellness series on frontier medicine in Hong Kong, Fiona Sun examines how a local start-up is testing a gene-editing therapy that could tackle a group of inherited eye diseases at their genetic source and what it will take to turn it into a treatment patients can access. For 15 years, Professor Zheng Zongli has worked to make gene-editing therapies safe…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}