To put it bluntly, this rules:
Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells — a stunning success for the burgeoning cell-therapy field, Italian researchers reported Wednesday.
The treatment worked completely in 82 of 107 eyes and partially in 14 others, with benefits lasting up to a decade so far. One man whose eyes were severely damaged more than 60 years ago now has near-normal vision.
Orthodox. Faithful. Free.
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“This is a roaring success,” said ophthalmologist Dr. Ivan Schwab of the University of California, Davis, who had no role in the study — the longest and largest of its kind.
Chalk up one more win for adult stem cells. Meanwhile, five years into California’s $3 billion program for embryonic stem cell research, Investor’s Business Daily says “there have been no cures, no therapies and little progress.” Good thing California didn’t need that money for anything else…
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