Tag Archives: macular degeneration

Embryonic Stem Cells Used To Improve Vision Of Blind Patients

Macular degeneration had left Sue Freeman, 78, legally blind. She couldn’t go for a walk by herself, she couldn’t go [...]

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Hans Keirstead Transforms Embryonic Stem Cells Into Retinas

Researchers at UC Irvine in California have succeeded in getting stem cells to differentiate into a retina. The work was [...]

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A Clinical Cure for Blindness Using Stem Cells

Old age is bliss.  There’s a nest egg in the bank account and nothing needs to be done but spoil [...]

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Artificial Retina Brings Sight Back to the Blind

Wow!  Physorg.com reports that an artificial retina has achieved real success in bringing limited sight to the blind.  The Department [...]

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