Regenerative Medicine

New Research Offers Hope for Retinal Disease by Targeting a Protein That Blocks Repair
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New Research Offers Hope for Retinal Disease by Targeting a Protein That Blocks Repair

If you lose retinal cells to disease, they stay lost. That rule is why conditions like retinitis pigmentosa and glaucoma are so hard to treat. Zebrafish don’t follow it. They regrow damaged retinal neurons using support cells called Müller glia, and mammals have the same cells. They just don’t use them. A team at KAIST…

Scientists Restore Vision Using Lab-Grown Corneal Tissue in Breakthrough Blindness Study

Scientists Restore Vision Using Lab-Grown Corneal Tissue in Breakthrough Blindness Study

Vision loss caused by corneal damage can be life-altering. While corneal transplantation has helped many regain sight, donor shortages and transplant complications continue to leave countless patients without effective treatment options. Now, researchers have taken a major step toward addressing this problem. Scientists have successfully developed lab-grown corneal tissue using a patient’s own stem cells…