Monday, January 23, 2012

Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists reported Monday.

While embryonic stem cells were first isolated more than a decade ago, most of the research has been done in lab animals. The new results come from the first tests in humans for a vision problem. Researchers caution the work is still very preliminary.

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