# BBC: Cell transplants restore sight

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-cell-transplants-restore-sight/379731>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 9, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-cell-transplants-restore-sight/379731 "2006-11-09T17:56:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-cell-transplants-restore-sight/379731/1 "2006-11-09T17:56:54Z")

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[Link here for the article.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6120664.stm)

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> Cell transplants have successfully restored vision to mice which had lost their sight, leading to hopes people could benefit in the same way.
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> UK scientists treated animals which had eye damage similar to that seen in many human eye diseases.
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> They were able to help them see again by transplanting immature retinal stem cells into their eyes.

_Awesome._ 😃

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-cell-transplants-restore-sight/379731/2 "2006-11-10T01:48:12Z")

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Wow, that’s really cool! It’s unfortunate that to try to do the same for humans would require 2nd trimester foetus stem cells… hopefully a path using other cells could be found for the same results.