Researchers use quality treatment to recover harmed optic nerve filaments Kumar Jeetendra | November 5, 2020 Scientists have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged nerve fibers from the eye, in a discovery that could aid the development of new treatments for glaucoma, one of the main causes of blindness worldwide. Axons – nerve pathways – in the adult central nervous system (CNS) do not normally regenerate after injury and disease, meaning …