New research published in Stem Cell Reports has described the successful repair of a monkey’s macular hole using human stem cells. Following transplantation of a sheet of cells derived from human ...

In a major step that could potentially lead to jaw-dropping recoveries in humans affected by conditions such as macular holes ...

Macular holes are small gaps that form in the macula—the central part of the retina in the eye. They can cause blurred or ...

According to Research by S&S Insider, The Vitrectomy Devices Market Growth is Driven by Rising Diabetes-Related Retinal Conditions and Technological Advances.Austin, Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...

Human stem cell transplants successfully repaired macular holes in a monkey model, researchers report October 3 rd in the journal Stem Cell Reports. After transplantation, the macular holes were ...

A study published in Stem Cell Reports demonstrates that human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal organoid sheets effectively closed macular holes in a monkey model. The transplantation promoted the ...

The researchers describe how they used human stem cells to create a patch, which they then used to fix the macular hole in the monkey’s eye. Macular holes are a somewhat rare condition in which ...

Current treatments sometimes fail to help people with "wet" age-related macular degeneration -- and researchers now think ...

Inherited renal disease is responsible for 50% of cases of kidney failure in children and 20% of cases in adults. 1 Alport syndrome affects one in 5,000–10,000 individuals and is the most common ...

Over the past two decades, the role of vitreomacular adhesion in vitreomacular interface pathologies, such as vitreomacular traction syndrome, epiretinal membrane and macular hole, has been ...