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NIH-funded researchers restored sight in mice by turning skin cells into light-sensing eye cells. The study offers a new path to modeling eye disease and advancing therapies.
Read more: www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/researchers-restore…
In this image: Three months after transplantation, immunofluorescence studies confirmed the survival of the chemically induced photoreceptor-like cells (green). They also show the integration of the cells into the layers of the mouse retina.
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Credit: Sai Chavala, M.D., CIRC Therapeutics
NIH support from: National Eye Institute
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