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Author Spotlight: Advancing Vision Restoration - Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Retinal Diseases
Published on: October 6, 2023
[Stem cell therapy of the eye]
Heli Skottman1, E Hannu Uusitalo
1Tampereen yliopisto.
Abstract:
The structure of the eye and the currently available methods of ophthalmic surgery enable the development work on stem cell transplantations and their clinical implementation. For example the frequency of occurrence of age-related macular degeneration will increase significantly with the ageing population. Stem cell transplantations are therefore expected to be of considerable significance in the future treatment of ocular diseases. Clearly the farthest advance has been achieved with treatments developed for diseases of the cornea and the retina. Cell transplantations based on local stem cell transplantations are already in clinical use in some corneal diseases, and transplantations of retinal pigment epithelial cells differentiated from stem cells are being used in clinical studies.
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