Video: First UK patient receives stem cell treatment for eye loss – Belfast Telegraph
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Video: First UK patient receives stem cell treatment for eye loss
Belfast Telegraph Published 29/09/2015. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. A doctor in the UK has performed the world’s first stem cell operation aimed at curing blindness in people with an age-related disease. |
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Stem cells Fast track to neurons
Nature.com Today’s alchemy offers many ways to make a neuron. Pluripotent or neural stem cells can be coaxed toward mature neural fates, and terminally differentiated somatic cells can be converted directly into neurons. Protocols abound. But that hasn’t stopped … |
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Nanowires, stem–cell transplants and wastewater treatment win 2015 MacArthur …
Nature.com Peidong Yang, a chemist who is building nanowires into commercial applications — such as devices that generate fuel from solar energy, or convert waste heat into electricity — is one of nine US researchers to win a ‘genius grant’ this year from the … |
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Stem–cell eye operation offers hope of treatment for age-related blindness – video
The Guardian The world’s first embryonic stem–cell operation has the potential to save the sight of hundreds of thousands of Britons. Speaking on ITN’s Good Morning Britain, Dr Hilary Jones explains the first operation, which was carried out a month ago at … |