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Being near the ocean helps Betti Lidsky keep her focus.
She's had her sights set on finding the cause of her children's blindness for nearly two decades.
Three of Betti's four adult children were all diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa in their teens.
That's where researchers at the University of Miami come in.
More than 50 genes are known to be responsible for RP, but none of them caused it in the Lidsky family.
To find the gene, researchers used whole exome sequencing.
The new technology can decode the one to two percent of the genome that contains protein-coding genes.
Now, grown with their own families, the Lidsky kids are hopeful for the future.
Treatments and cures premised upon genetic therapies or the knowledge of our genome now becomes a possibility.
A discovery that's changed this family's life and could one day help many more.
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