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Stem Cells Curing Burn-Induced Blindness
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."
To quote Peter Griffin - Why arent we funding this?? .. Well maybe we are now. But so much time has been lost contemplating the obvious. Its ok to kill and eat other animals just for dinner but take a few cells from a dead human faetus and your commiting a horrible, evil crime? Anywho.. good stuff!
troub7Es of those