Stem Cell, blinding damage
Groundbreaking Stem Cell Therapy Repairs Badly Damaged Corneas and Improves Sight
The cornea is the transparent frontmost layer of the eye that both protects it and helps us see clearly by focusing light on the retina. When people’s corneas are scarred by serious injury or infection, doctors can usually treat it by transplanting healthy corneal tissue from a donor, also known as a corneal graft.
Blind No More? Revolutionary Stem Cell Therapy Restores Vision With 92% Success
A new stem cell therapy, CALEC, has demonstrated a 92% success rate in regenerating corneas and restoring vision. This breakthrough procedure is still experimental but shows immense promise for those with previously untreatable eye injuries.
Stem cells are cells that have the capacity to self-renew by dividing and to develop into more mature, specialised cells. Stem cells can be unipotent, multipotent, pluripotent or totipotent ...
A recent Lancet study has revealed that stem-cell transplants using ... back to an embryonic-like state. These cells are then used to create a transparent tissue sheet, which is grafted onto ...
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