Stem cell research, while controversial, has always been touted as the future of disease treatment. There's more evidence to support that claim, as it turns out that stem cell treatment can help cure blindness. There are several clinical trials underway [1] to assess how well such treatments work, but this week US-based Advanced Cell Technology [2] announced their first results

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Stem Cell Treatment For Blindness Works, and Is Safe [Medicine]

Patients with an eye disease that leads to blindness will take part in first human embryonic stem cell trial to be approved in Europe British surgeons are to take part in the first clinical trial of a human embryonic stem cell therapy to gain approval from regulators in Europe. Surgeons at Moorfield’s Eye Hospital in London will inject cells into the eyes of 12 patients with an incurable eye …

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