New stem cell approach for blindness successful in mice - 0 views
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retinitis pigmentosa, a condition in which the light-sensing cells in the retina gradually die leading to progressive blindness.
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'The ability to reconstruct the entire light sensitive layer of the retina using cell transplantation is the ultimate goal of the stem cell treatments for blindness we are all working towards
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cells transplanted into the eye had re-formed a full light-detecting layer on the retina and the mice could see.