Helping the blind see again

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Submitted by Tim Martin on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 7:19am

"The team from the University of New South Wales in Sydney harnessed the power of stem cells - 'master cells' with the ability to turn into other cell types.

They removed small samples of stem cells from the eyes of two men and a woman with corneal disease and grew them on a contact lens.

The stem cell-coated contacted lenses were then put into the patients' eyes for around three weeks.

During that time, the stem cells moved off the lenses and began to heal the damaged corneas, the journal Transplantation reports."

Read the full article here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1188967/The-contact-lens-make-...

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Now that is a sweet development. Science is really moving into a new age now, and modern medical procedure will benefit. I hope it works out for the recipients of the initial procedure.

Submitted by random_darkangel on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 10:40am.

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Wow.. That is really amazing. I hope the progress continues! Thanks for sharing!

Submitted by Myshka (not verified) on Sat, 06/06/2009 - 7:24pm.

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Nice, that's really awesome. Laughing out loud

Submitted by Stan on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 12:27am.