Soon, an injection to reverse age-related vision loss

An injection of stem cells into the eye may soon slow or reverse the effects of early-stage age-related disorder that causes vision loss, shows a promising study. Currently, there is no treatment that slows the progression of age related vision loss caused by macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of vision loss in people over 65. "This is the first study to show preservation of vision after a single injection of adult-derived human cells into a rat model with age-related macular degeneration," said lead author of the study Shaomei Wang, research scientist at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute in the US.

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