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Curing the Blind with Stem-Cell-Coated Contact Lenses
Curing the Blind with Stem-Cell-Coated Contact Lenses
Last Updated on Friday, 02 April 2010 04:30 Written by Josh White Wednesday, 10 June 2009 09:57
In a world-first breakthrough, researchers from UNSW in Sydney have used stem cells cultured on a simple contact lens to restore sight to sufferers of blinding corneal disease.
Corneal damage from infection, burns and chemotherapy is estimated to be the cause of sight loss in about 1.5 million people every year. These people usually wear contact lenses so it makes sense to deliver a stem cell therapy via those contact lenses. Treating corneal damage with contact lenses is simple and cheap.
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