Cells taken from the donated eyes of deceased patients have restored sight to blind rats
Trials have revealed that Muller glia cells taken from the back of donated human eyes can restore some vision to completely blind rats. Muller glia cells can transform into the specialised cells in the eye and could be used to treat a wide range of sight disorders. In humans, the improvement would not provide vision enough to read, but would lead to improved quality of life, according to the researchers.
Human trials are set to begin within three years.
Reference:
http://stemcellstm.alphamedpress.org/content/early/2014/01/29/sctm.2013-0112.abstract?papetoc&related-urls=yes&legid=sctm;sctm.2013-0112v1
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Why after three years? This is a miracle and all science community should try to help this effort. It will be a bless if even one blind person could see "something" instead of darkness. Corina, thank you very much for all the posts you have writen. They are very interesting, helpfull. If sometimes we write something more, don't blame us. I think all the members in this community have quality and soft heart.
ReplyDeleteWe could do something about those 'three blind mice' as well...
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