Monday, April 16, 2007

Stem cell patch restores vision

Source: University of Melbourne University News
Date: April 16, 2007

Summary:

A team of researchers at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) and the Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery (BOBIM) has successfully restored a patient's vision using a corneal patch, which replicates the cornea, grown from a single adult stem cell from a donor eye and was transplanted to the surface of the patient's eyes.