LOS ANGELES -- Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem ...
CALEC could become one of the first major examples of stem cell therapy's potential to repair once-unfixable injuries.
A new stem cell therapy has repaired blinding damage to the cornea in 93% of patients in an early clinical trial. However, severe injuries, such as those caused by chemical burns or infections, can ...
In the United States, age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss in people who are 60 and older.