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Vision
New Treatment for Glaucoma Developed
Science Daily
August 7, 2007
U.S. scientists have developed a technique to treat glaucoma -- the second leading cause of blindness in the developed world. The Iowa State University researchers said the procedure has been used successfully in rats and now will be used on canine patients. If successful, it will then begin human trials.
Corneal Disorders Treated Using Novel Adult Stem Cell Method
Basque Research
July 22, 2007
A new method of adult stem cell growth, designed in the Area of Cellular Therapy of the University Clinic (University of Navarra), has demonstrated its efficacy for its capacity to grow cornea stem cells. So Ana Fernández Hortelano, ophthalmologist at the Hospital demonstrated applying the growth technique in treating diseases of the cornea, using stem cells, in 70 test animals.
Abnormal Corneal Cell Growth Cured with Bone Marrow Stem Cells?
newKerala.com
May 11, 2007
A new study has found that bone marrow stem cells can switch roles and produce keratocan, a natural protein involved in the growth of the cornea, the transparent, outer layer of the eyeball. Researchers found that after only one week, the abnormal corneas of animal models injected with bone marrow stem cells began to change shape and heal.
Blind Man Sees Stem Cells as the Only Hope
Edinburgh News
May 9, 2007
A BLIND man has undergone controversial stem cell treatment that he hopes could lead to him regaining his sight. James Logan has been blind for 23 years. He is so desperate to get his sight back that he attended a new clinic in Germany - despite the warnings of a UK medical expert, who described his treatment as "implausible".
Pioneering Stem Cell Treatment Aids Patients with Rare Eye Disorder
The Argus
March 15, 2007
The disorder is called aniridia and is very rare. The genetic condition results in loss of vision and pain. Individuals are born with no iris and later develop problems on the surface of the eye. Stem cells are transplanted on to the surface of the cornea after being grown in a laboratory until the form sheets. The cells themselves are taken from the patients themselves, living realtives, or even dead donors.
Corneal Disorders Treated with Limbal Stem Cells
The Hindu
December 3, 2006
At unbelievable speeds of 60 to 80 mm per hour, limbal stem cells replicate and move across the surface of the eye. The cells are critical for the normal function of the cornea, vision, and comfort. A damaged eye is then given a transplant with newly grown tissue derived from limbal stem cells. The procedure is called ex vivo limbal stem cell replication.
Three Blind Mice No Longer, Adult Stem Cells Restore Sight
Medical News Today
November 8, 2006
3-day-old mice provided the cell samples from the retina. The blind mice were then given the cells via transplant directly into the eyes. Gradually, the mice began to regain their eyesight. 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.
Blind Man Pins Hopes on Revolutionary Stem Cell Treatment
The Daily Record
August 14, 2006
This revolutionary stem cell treatment will be the first of its kind and if successful, Phil hopes it will let him see his fiancée Yvette for the first time in three years. Phil has trouble making out colors and the world appears blurry most of the time due to the nerve damage his genetic condition has caused.
Sight Restored! Stem Cell Therapy Returns Vision to Legally Blind Man
Hickory Daily Record
June 3, 2005
After years of living with foggy colors and blurred shapes, Greg can see clearly. He was unable to read or drive a car four years ago. But his outlook changed, quite literally, due to stem cell therapy. He can now see with almost perfect vision. In 2002, using stem cells from umbilical cord blood and no embryonic stem cells, Greg, 48, began stem cell therapy. He later had a corneal transplant and the morning of his surgery he was unable to read even a single word. That very afternoon, he was reading a magazine for the first time in 20 years.
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