Once again, I am amazed at the latest eyecare health news. Stem Cells used to restore impaired vision caused by cloudy corneas.
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In a ground breaking research, umbilical cord stem cells have been found to be efficacious restoring impaired vision caused by a cloudy cornea.
A team of researchers at the University of Cincinnati have successfully treated laboratory mice with unusually thin, cloudy corneas giving hope that the impact could be replicated in humans as well.
No rejection for UMSCs
For the purpose of the study, researchers fed the mice with a diet that lacked a specific protein that is vital for the creation and preservation of a transparent cornea.
Once the vision was impaired, the human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UMSCs) that have the characteristic to mutate in a wide range of adult cell types, were introduced in the mouse cornea.
The study established that the UMSCs lived on in the cornea for three months with negligible signs of elimination or rejection. In fact, these cells took on the properties of keratocytes, the standard corneal cells.
The results of the study revealed that after the transplant of the UMSCs in the cornea of the mice, the thickness and lucidity of the animals’ corneas improved appreciably. Read the full story at Themedguru.com
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