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Wow that would be amazing. Any chance you could track down that article? Wouldn't such a cure be 10-20 years away? I mean they're just now having the first c
by bioweek 17y ago
Wow that would be amazing. Any chance you could track down that article?
Wouldn't such a cure be 10-20 years away? I mean they're just now having the first clinical trials for stem cell therapies developed 10 years ago, right?
- NikkiA 17y agohttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/stem-cells-used-to-restore-sight-for-corneal-disease-sufferers/story-e6frg6nf-1225717205094 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/stem-cells-used-... It's corneal damage it's repairing, not the lenses, I guess I misremembered - unless it was a different trial, but even so may well be transferable to the lens anyway, stem cell treatments tend to work a lot like 'magic' :). Maybe 5 years is a little optimistic, but 10 should be reasonable, if they're using your own stem cells there may even be fast track options. I think a lot of the 'just getting to trials now' treatments had been held up by various ethics and legality issues over the last few years - even when we're talking about adult stem cells, there seemed to be opposition based on ethical grounds.
- brown9-2 17y agoI don't think it would be applicable. Myopia has to do with the curvature of the eye causing images to misfocus, it isn't really about cellular or tissue damage.