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Researchers report progress using iPS cells to reverse blindness

Researchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step on a promising path that may one day lead to therapies to reverse blindness ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First patients enroll in US stem cell trials on blindness

The first clinical trials that examine the use of stem cells to treat two forms of blindness are ready to begin now that patients have been enrolled, a US company announced on Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Dark cells' of living retina imaged for the first time

A layer of "dark cells" in the retina that is responsible for maintaining the health of the light-sensing cells in our eyes has been imaged in a living retina for the first time.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0