News-Medical.netAelan Cell Technologies, Gladstone Institutes partner to study stem cell …News-Medical.netAelan Cell Technologies today announced they have entered into an agreement with the Gladstone Institutes to further its studies on stem cell re… Continue reading
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Stem Cells May Hold the Key to Fixing a Mutated Gene That Causes Blindness
AllAfrica.com Stem cell research is being used in South Africa to develop “disease in the dish” models that fix a gene mutation that results in night blindness, tunnel vision and eventually blindness. If the research pans out, the mutations can be fixed in a process … |
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Scientists hope stem cells will help the blind see again
Quartz Surgeons in London have implanted derivatives of embryonic stem cells into the retina of a patient with macular degeneration in an attempt to restore her sight and reverse the damage of a disease that affects an estimated 10% of people over the age of 65. Cure For Blindness? First Trail Surgery For Age-Related Macular Degeneration …Headlines & Global News |