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Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people

Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists reported Monday....

 

Lab-made retina using stem cells

Lab-made retina using stem cells

A part of the eye that is essential for vision has been created in the laboratory from animal stem cells, offering hope to the blind and partially sighted.

 

Stem cells reverse blindness caused by chemical burns

Stem cells reverse blindness caused by chemical burns

Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored ...

 

Stem cell cure for attack victim

Stem cell cure for attack victim

Scientists in Newcastle use a stem cell technique to repair the vision of a man partially blinded in an ammonia attack.

 

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