‘Irreversible’ eye damage fixed by stem cells in human trial
Researchers successfully pulled off the first eye stem cell transplants to help heal cornea damage, and the results speak for ...
Eye injury previously thought irreversible cured in human trials
A type of eye injury that caused blindness and was previously believed to be irreversible was cured in human trials using ...
Study finds eye injury previously thought irreversible was cured in human trials
The study was led by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers and surgeons. The researchers reported ...
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Correcting the Mutation Behind a Genetic Eye Disease
Base editing corrected a mutation that causes macular degeneration, highlighting the potential of gene therapy to treat ...
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Stem cell therapy could heal injured corneas, restore vision
Unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) is a type of corneal disease caused by certain injuries that can lead to vision loss. The cornea is the outermost clear layer on the front of the eye. It ...
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New stem cell therapy could repair 'irreversible' and blinding eye damage, trial finds
If the other layers of the cornea remain damaged ... The new therapy can only treat patients who are blind in one eye, as it relies on using stem cells from their remaining healthy eye. However, in ...
f-ORG technique detects early eye disease through light-response analysis
Eye diseases often develop asymptomatically for many years. ICTER scientists have developed the f-ORG technique, which ...
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Breakthrough stem cell therapy repairs cornea damage once deemed untreatable
In this new process, stem cells taken from a person's healthy eye can be used to rebuild the cornea in their damaged eye, researchers reported March 4 in the journal Nature Communications. The ...