Two recent experimental treatments improve visual function in mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa

Two recent experimental treatments - one involving skin-derived induced pluripotent stem cell grafts, the other gene therapy - have been shown to produce long-term improvement in visual function in mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa , according to the Columbia University Medical Center scientists who led the studies.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20121220/Two-recent-experimental-treatments-improve-visual-function-in-mouse-models-of-retinitis-pigmentosa.aspx