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The authors are grateful to Graciana Diez-Roux (TIGEM Scientific Office) for the critical reading of the manuscript.
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AA is funded by Fondazione Telethon, the European Research Council (ERC) (grant number 694323 “EYEGET”) and by the European Union Horizon 2020 and Marie Curie programs (grants number: 825825 “Upgrade” and 813490 “StarT”, respectively). IT receives funding from University of Naples Federico II, STAR Program.
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Trapani, I., Tornabene, P. & Auricchio, A. Large gene delivery to the retina with AAV vectors: are we there yet?. Gene Ther 28, 220–222 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-020-0174-4
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