UK woman is first to receive stem cell treatment that could cure blindness

A woman in the UK has become the first patient to receive a pioneering stem cell treatment designed to restore sight to people experiencing age-related vision loss. The experimental procedure, which was performed on the anonymous patient last month, involves surgically transplanting eye cells (retinal pigment epithelium) to the patient’s eyes. The eye cells, derived […]

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