[blindlgbtpride] Fw: Re: Google Alert - "retinitis pigmentosa"

[Don Brown]

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From: gar at nyc.rr.com 
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Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 1:04 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: Google Alert - "retinitis pigmentosa"


Hey fellow-RP-ers,  Thought you might be interested in this development.  I have pasted the short article below, but you can also follow the link in the  forwarded message if you like.

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Researchers create retina from embryonic cells
10.06.2010
 By Adrian Galbreth
Researchers in the US have successfully created a retina from human embryonic stem
cells, which offers hope to millions with degenerative eye disorders.
Experts at the University of California Irvine created an eight-layer, early stage
retina from human embryonic stem cells, which is the first ever three-dimensional
tissue structure to be made from stem cells.
Study leader Hans Keirstead of the Reeve-Irvine Research Center and the Sue and Bill
Gross Stem Cell Research Center at the facility, said the process also marks the
first step towards the development of transplant-ready retinas to treat conditions
such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.
"We made a complex structure consisting of many cell types. This is a major advance
in our quest to treat retinal disease," he explained.
Recently, German research centre Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft claimed that a new implant
made of plastic could soon offer patients the chance to see again without having
to wait for cornea transplants.
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  From: gar at nyc.rr.com
  Subject: Re: Google Alert - "retinitis pigmentosa"

  At 02:07 PM 6/10/2010, you wrote:


    Google News Alert for: "retinitis pigmentosa"
    Researchers work on eye disease
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    BY SONYA COLBERG Leave a comment An inherited disease called retinitis pigmentosa has been stealing the sight of Harris, 40, but researchers have found a ...
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    Researchers create retina from embryonic cells
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    ... the development of transplant-ready retinas to treat conditions such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. ...
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