Showing posts with label stem cell therapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stem cell therapy. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Stem cell therapy related news - Macular degeneration: 'I've been given my sight back'

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43458365
Douglas Waters, 86, could not see out of his right eye, but "I can now read the newspaper" with it, he says.
He was one of two patients given pioneering stem cell therapy at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.
Cells from a human embryo were grown into a patch that was delicately inserted into the back of the eye.
https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/londonproject

The Shelter Home in the Nilgiris

https://www.rediff.com/news/special/the-shelter-home-in-the-nilgiris/20220404.htm