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2 posted on 11/09/2006 6:52:22 PM PST by Coleus (I Support Research using the Ethical, Effective and Moral use of stem cells: non-embryonic "adult")
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6120664.stm

To get human retinal cells at the same stage of development, however, would involve taking stem cells from a foetus during the second trimester of pregnancy.

But Dr Robert MacLaren, a specialist at Moorfields Eye Hospital who worked on the research, said they did not want to go down that route.

He said the aim now would be to look at adult stem cells to see if they could be genetically altered to behave like the mouse retinal cells.

There are some cells on the margin of adult retinas that have been identified as having stem cell-like properties, which the team says could be suitable.

Dr MacLaren stressed it would be some time before patients could benefit from such a treatment, but he said that at least it was now a possibility.


9 posted on 11/09/2006 6:58:06 PM PST by Coleus (I Support Research using the Ethical, Effective and Moral use of stem cells: non-embryonic "adult")
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To: Coleus

Correct Title: Cell Transplants Restore Vision in Mice


10 posted on 11/09/2006 6:59:39 PM PST by UpAllNight
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