Scientists from the Institutes of Ophthalmology and Child Health (University College London) and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital in London performed retinal stem cell transplants on blind mice in an attempt to restore their vision. The procedure was successful and reversed their condition. Humans blinded by diabetes or age-related macular degeneration have renewed hope as the results of this study could ultimately lead to sight restoration for those individuals.

The journal Nature has published the complete study.

The mice suffered from a type of eye damage which is a common cause of human blindness