Stem cells save woman's sight

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3118, 2017, pág. 14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Now, more than a decade after induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells were first created, they have helped someone. Masayo Takahashi at the RIKEN Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration in Kobe, Japan, and her team took skin cells from a woman with age-related macular degeneration and turned them into iPS cells. They then encouraged these to form retinal pigment epithelial cells, which support and nourish the retina cells that capture light. Although the treatment hasn't made the woman's vision any sharper, it seems to have prevented further deterioration--her vision has now been stable for more than two years. The woman says her vision is "brighter".