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Stem Cell Therapy Allows Blind Man to See after 40 Years

Oct 27, 2016 Mira Swave, MD Posted in Vision

In another successful application of stem cell therapy, doctors in India have succeeded in restoring sight in a 58-year-old American who had been legally blind for 40 years due to macular degeneration. Al Purdy chose to travel to India for the treatment after he was excluded from a study in Philadelphia due to a diagnosis [Read More]

How 12 Infants Gained Eyesight Through Stem Cell Therapy

Apr 10, 2016 Mira Swave, MD Posted in Cataracts, Eyesight, Featured, Stem Cell Therapy, Vision

In a breakthrough that scientists are calling remarkable, cataracts in the lens of the eye can now be cured by inducing stem cells to regenerate and grow a living lens to reverse blindness in just three months. Surgeons have succeeded in restoring sight in 12 infants born with congenital cataract (a clouded lens at birth). [Read More]