Penn Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia team awarded Breakthrough Prize for developing gene therapy for inherited blindness

LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Their discovery started with a group of blind dogs living at a vet school. Now, the work has been awarded the prestigious Breakthrough Prize at the "Oscars of Science." Today, Jean Bennett, MD, PHD, and Albert Maguire, MD, both emeritus...