Four patients experienced improved vision.
In a groundbreaking study, researchers have succeeded in improving the vision of four patients with significantAccording to the study published in Science Advances, the patients who were followed for 12 months experienced
‘Our early results suggest that CALEC might offer hope to patients who had been left with untreatable vision loss and pain associated with major cornea injuries,’ said the study’s principal investigator Dr Ula Jurkunas. People who experience chemical burns and other eye injuries may develop limbal stem cell deficiency, an irreversible loss of cells on the tissue surrounding the cornea.These patients experience permanent vision loss, pain and discomfort in the affected eye. Without limbal cells and a healthy eye surface, patients are unable to undergo artificial cornea transplants, the current standard for restoring vision.
According to the authors, no US research team had successfully developed a manufacturing process and quality control tests that met US Food and Drug Administration requirements or showed any clinical benefit.
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