Embryonic stem cell retinal implants could restore vision

Early findings of the world’s first trail that uses embryonic stem cells to treat age-related eye diseases recommend that the technique is safe to use. Experts hope that by injecting these embryonic cells into an ill eye, they will be capable to refurbish vision for people suffering presently with incurable conditions such as Stargardt’s disease.

Stargart’s is one of the major causes of blindness in younger generation. The treatment involves taking healthy immature cells from human embryo, which is thenmanipulated to grow into the cells which line the retina. US firm Advanced Cell Technology together with the Jules Stein Eye Institute from the University of California, Los Angeles, carried out their first trail of this treatment in humans.
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