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To: fahraint
This is the real deal...I am a cornea doctor, and this is of great interest and promise.....the Japanese have pioneered this type of work

The story doesn't mention immunosuppressant drugs, but since it involves transplants from other donors, can we assume it does?

10 posted on 04/18/2007 11:57:43 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: neverdem

If the stem cells come from another donor, then rejection will be a risk.....if the stem cells can be recovered from the patient themself, then the rejection risk is eliminated


16 posted on 04/19/2007 10:36:26 AM PDT by fahraint (git theah fuhstest with the mostest)
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