Stem cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration - a step closer to reality
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
The notion of transplanting adult stem cells to treat or even cure age-related macular degeneration has taken a significant step toward becoming a reality. In a study published today in Stem Cells, Georgetown University Medical Centre researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, the ability to create retinal cells derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells that mimic the eye cells that die and cause loss of sight...
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