Blind Boy’s Vision Improving After New Gene Therapy Treatment

PORTLAND, OR (CBS Local) — An Oregon boy is seeing for the first time thanks to a new gene therapy treatment.
Caspian Soto was just like any other four-year-old, except that he had been born with a rare genetic mutation that causes Leber’s congenital amaurosis.
The mutation affected the gene that produces the proteins needed for a fully functioning retina and left his vision dark and blurry.
“He was just staring at overhead lights all of the time,” said Krista Soto,