Stem Cells Curing Burn-Induced Blindness 54
mcgrew writes "The AP (via Yahoo) is reporting that Italian researchers can now cure blindness caused by chemical burns using the patient's own stem cells. 'The treatment worked completely in 82 of 107 eyes and partially in 14 others, with benefits lasting up to a decade so far. One man whose eyes were severely damaged more than 60 years ago now has near-normal vision.' Previously, this kind of injury needed either a corneal transplant or stem cells from someone else, both of which are plagued by problems with tissue rejection. Unfortunately, this only works for damaged corneas — so far."
Too late! (Score:5, Funny)
Just think - if this had existed a few years ago, they wouldn't have needed to make that godawful Daredevil movie.
--riney
Sweet (Score:4, Funny)
I Hear Stem Cells Are Controversial (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Too late! (Score:4, Funny)
Just think - if this had existed a few years ago, they wouldn't have needed to make that godawful Daredevil movie.
--riney
I see what you did there.
Re:Stem cell extraction (Score:1, Funny)
Could anyone elucidate me in the procedure for stem cell extraction? Where do they get those kind of cells on an adult human?
I think you mean "Could anyone elucidate the procedure" or "Could anyone educate me on the procedure". When elucidate [reference.com] is used with an object, that object is the thing being explained, not the person to whom it is being explained. Oh. And by the way, I don't know anything about stem cells.
Finally A Cure! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:PLEASE.... (Score:3, Funny)
Many Christian's oppose the latter, and almost none is against the former.
I'm not even a Christian and I'm *&*#$# tired of the BS that comes from confusing the two positions. Seeing people attack straw men is annoying after the millionth time.
If you hate straw men, this is really the wrong place for you, it's kind of all we do here, be it on MS, stem cells, or car metaphors. You'll probably also want to avoid the "wizard of oz fanclub page."