Stem Cell Contact Lenses Cure Blindness...

[Casserole]

… in Less Than a Month!

Here’s something that people with poor or no vision will be excited about: three patients had their sight restored in less than a month by contact lenses cultured with stem cells.

All three patients were blind in one eye. The researchers extracted stem cells from their working eyes, cultured them in contact lenses for 10 days, and gave them to the patients. Within 10 to 14 days of use, the stem cells began recolonizing and repairing the cornea.

Mind boggling research… the article says it’s still in the early research and test stages, but at the risk of blowing this out of proportion - could this be the end of bad vision?

[DigitalC]

How about a link please?

[Guy_Incognito_1]

Stem-Cell-Coated Contact Lenses Are Curing the Blind

[Cisco]

I don’t know if my wife will be happy or indifferent to this. So far, she’s convinced that anything she tries to do to make her vision better will make it worse.

[Smeghead]

Clever. It should be pointed out that this only works for blindness caused by corneal damage, of course.

[Casserole]

Grrhh! Thank you Guy_Incognito for correcting my oversight. That is indeed the article I had meant to link, but forgot to.

Corneal damage today, who knows what else tomorrow…

[Malleus_Incus_Stapes]

Do ya think they could work out something similar for myopia?