Stem Cell Treatment For Blindness Shows Promise In Trials

Stem cell therapy shows promise for common cause of blindness.

Stem cell treatment for blindness shows promise in trials.

The usc research is the latest in a series of recent studies to suggest stem cell therapies hold great promise in treating vision problems. New model for hard to study form of blindness paves way for future research. A new study from north carolina state university shows that lung stem cell secretions specifically exosomes and secretomes delivered via nebulizer can help repair lung injuries due to multiple types of pulmonary fibrosis in mice and rats. Updated a potential new treatment for a degenerative eye condition is showing promise results from a very small clinical trial of a stem cell based therapy for macular degeneration was published.

Stem cell therapy shows promise for common cause of blindness two studies show cell based treatment is safe in patients with dry macular degeneration with one showing improved vision. Breakthroughs in stem cell therapy may make it possible for those who are blind to see again according to research stem cells taken from the eyes of non living donors can be used to cure blindness as published in stem cells translational medicine.