Japanese doctors were able to restore sight to the blind using stem cells – the Russian newspaper

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Japanese scientists described the first successful experience of transplantation of stem cells of the skin to the human eye: thanks to this operation, the doctors were able to return the patient lost vision

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As ScienceAlert says 70-year-old patient suffered from degeneration of the retina: this is one of the most common causes of blindness in the elderly. The operation took place in 2014. Doctors have taken a tiny fragment of skin from the woman’s hand – no more than 4 millimeters in diameter – and literally reprogram skin cells into induced pluripotent stem. This type of cell can transform almost any type of body tissue, including – in the retinal eye tissue

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All this time, the researchers observed the behavior of farmed retina, how long the cells will live inside a woman’s eyes. As it turned out, the transplanted portion settled down completely in totally blind patients to partially restore vision. Now the doctors have decided to share with the scientific community with the results.

 

– I am very glad that there are no complications after surgery has not arisen. But this is only the first step in the use of induced pluripotent stem cells in regenerative medicine. We will continue to experiment until this treatment will not be available for many patients – shared one of the project leaders Masayo Takahashi

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