This never-before-seen eye cell could help restore lost vision

For degenerative diseases and damage that impair vision (ANSA)

This never-before-seen eye cell could help restore lost vision

A new study suggests that never-seen-before stem cells in the human retina can restore vision in mice with a common eye disorder. But more work is needed to translate the treatment to people.

A preliminary study identified retinal stem cells that could be transplanted to improve vision in case of retinopathy

Researchers in China have reported that they have discovered a new type of cell that was previously unknown to exist in samples of the retina of human fetuses, and when they grew the newly discovered cells in a petri dish and transplanted them into mice with eye disease, they reported that the mice's vision was restored.

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a single precursor, the blood stem cell. An international research team led by the University Medical Center Frankfurt and Goethe University has now investigated the developmental pathways of blood cells in humans...

Elusive stem cells discovered in human retina may lead to treatment for blindness

Transplants of similar cells grown in a lab protected vision in mice