Article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168011.php
Summary: StemCells, Inc. announced that they had collected data about these stem cells. What this article is about is stem cells and how they could help vision long term. This varied from people with eye disorders or people who had lost sight in their aging. They said that the new neural stem cells were capable of protecting "photoreceptors (cones) in the eye from progressive degeneration and preserve visual function." With this information, they hope to move on and find a cure for AMD (Macular Degeneration), which effects millions of citizens.
Relevance? Interest?: I thought this was interesting because, well, I am learning about stem cells for my topic. I have bad eye sight and seeing statistics on people who actually have a disorder for it makes me feel lucky. I hope that in the future we find a way to use stem cells to preserve eye sight or protect is from disorders or aging. If this could be figured out, image what else we can achieve like preserving hearing. I think this is important because I will grow old one day. By then, it would be amazing if a way to preserve sight was discovered because it would assist me in my life in the future.
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