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Stem Cells Curing Burn-Induced Blindness

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-can-see-clearly-now dept.

mcgrew writes "The AP (via Yahoo) is reporting that Italian researchers can now cure blindness caused by chemical burns using the patient's own stem cells. 'The treatment worked completely in 82 of 107 eyes and partially in 14 others, with benefits lasting up to a decade so far. One man whose eyes were severely damaged more than 60 years ago now has near-normal vision.' Previously, this kind of injury needed either a corneal transplant or stem cells from someone else, both of which are plagued by problems with tissue rejection. Unfortunately, this only works for damaged corneas — so far."

2 of 54 comments (clear)

  1. Haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The comments on the article are hilarious. They start getting good at about 4 pages back.

  2. Re:PLEASE.... by mattack2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Many Christian's oppose the latter

    Please don't let this be another one of those /. discussions where people don't know how to use an apostrophe properly.