Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Sight for Sore Eyes -- [ STEM CELLS ] -- Progress in cell transplants to heal damaged retinas:
"Medical researchers hoping to reverse blindness have turned their gaze toward stem cells, and recent experiments have shown that these cells could replace photoreceptors lost in macular degeneration. "
My mom has the wet version of macular degeneration. She lost her central vision very quickly at age 57 and is now leagally blind.
Another snip:
"But treating patients who have advanced degrees of macular degeneration or other photoreceptor diseases will ultimately require repairing the photoreceptor cells themselves."
Maybe, just maybe if there were enough circulating stem cells in the blood, the body could repair this sort of damage itself? For the record, I don't know and don't claim to offer something that will. Just pondering...
Tracy
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Your stem cells would love to help you feel better, but they need some help getting around in there. Give them a fighting chance.
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