British scientists have restored the sight of blind mice by transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptor cells into their eyes. The work is a step towards a new treatment for patients with degenerative eye diseases.
It is the first time that transplanted photoreceptor cells can integrate
successfully with the existing retinal circuitry and truly improve
vision.
Loss of photoreceptors is the cause of blindness in many human eye diseases including age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Read about this breakthrough research here in this BBC article.
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