# Stem Cell Contact Lenses Cure Blindness... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-contact-lenses-cure-blindness/498708 "2009-06-04T16:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Casserole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b77776/32.png) [@Casserole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casserole)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-contact-lenses-cure-blindness/498708/1 "2009-06-04T16:02:10Z")
… 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? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-contact-lenses-cure-blindness/498708/2 "2009-06-04T16:07:50Z")
How about a link please? ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@Guy\_Incognito\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito_1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-contact-lenses-cure-blindness/498708/3 "2009-06-04T16:09:30Z")
> **[Stem-Cell-Coated Contact Lenses Are Curing the Blind](https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-06/curing-blindness-contact-lenses/)** > > Researchers in Australia have come up with an outwardly simple but incredibly ingenious way of curing blindness caused by corneal damage: Take everyday contact lenses, already used by millions (including me), and infuse them with a patient's own stem... ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-contact-lenses-cure-blindness/498708/4 "2009-06-04T16:15:54Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-contact-lenses-cure-blindness/498708/5 "2009-06-04T16:50:57Z")
Clever. It should be pointed out that this only works for blindness caused by corneal damage, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Casserole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b77776/32.png) [@Casserole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casserole)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-contact-lenses-cure-blindness/498708/6 "2009-06-04T21:52:20Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-cell-contact-lenses-cure-blindness/498708/7 "2009-06-04T22:31:26Z")
Do ya think they could work out something similar for myopia?