Most of this information is from the 'Globe and Mail', Tuesday, November 30, 2010
In Toronto, Canada modern medicine pioneers and researchers at the University of Toronto have restored to sight to the eyes of 3 blind mice. This research is a step toward restoring sight in people.
The basic biology of the human eye is the same as in the mouse.
Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in people over 60; this creates a market for any stem cell treatment that can slow or reverse this disease.
Embrionic stem cells can grow into all body's tissue types.
The Toronto team is harvesting retinal stem cells from eye donors within 24 hours of their death. The cells are then chemically coaxed to become photoreceptors and injected into the retinas of their specifically bred blind mice.
I hope that this research will be continued to restore the eyesight of so many blind people.
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