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Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) is a significant contributing factor behind the increasing blindness burden among young population. The birth LHON prevalence is approximately 1 in 50,000 people as estimated by the Rare Disease Database. Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy is a common inherited condition characterized by vision loss.  A painless loss of central vision is a mitochondrial disorder, it primarily affects males during young-adult age. Due to an optic nerve dysfunction as a result of mutations in the mitochondrial DNA, LHON is transmitted in a non-Mendelian pattern degenerating retinal ganglion cells and optic nerves significantly.   L...