Gene Profiling Technique to Accelerate Stem Cell Therapies for Eye Diseases

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have developed a technique that will speed up the production of stem-cell derived tissues. The technique will help the researchers in their efforts to use patients' skin cells to regenerate retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)--a tissue in the back of the eye that is affected in several blinding eye diseases. It will also help the scientists search for drugs for personalized treatments.

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