Stem cell treatment improves eyesight

By LizaAVILA

BREAKTHROUGH: Researchers caution results are not a cure for the blind First results from test of embryonic stem cell therapy has shown improved vision in two patients, but researchers caution results are not a cure for the blind. Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard eye chart. She has suffered from Stargardt's disease, the most common form of macular degeneration in young patients, since she was a teenager, and it was getting progressively worse

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(1) Stem cell treatment improves eyesight
URL: http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/6305501/Stem-cell-treatment-improves-eyesight


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