Stem cells set their sights on retinitis pigmentosa.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23991287.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.01291 and PMC identifier 3755338.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Skin cells from a patient with a form of inherited blindness have been reprogrammed into retinal cells and successfully transplanted into mice.
Medical subject headings
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
- Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate
- Retinitis Pigmentosa