Stem Cell Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration –A Step Closer to Reality

March 25, 2011

The notion of transplanting adult stem cells to treat or even cure age-related macular degeneration has taken a significant step toward becoming a reality. In a study published today in Stem Cells, Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, the ability to create retinal cells derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells that mimic the eye cells that die and cause loss of sight. (Georgetown University Medical Center)