IF THE LEFT HAD PUSHED ADULT STEM CELL WORK CHRISTOPHER REEVE WOULD BE WALKING TODAY....:

Stem cells offer hope of treating blindness (Mark Prigg, 10/26/04, Evening Standard)

Researchers today claimed a breakthrough in treating blindness after a team of doctors used stem-cell therapy to restore vision.

They transplanted human stem cells into the eyes of mice and chicks, and found the cells regenerated.

It is now hoped that when transplanted into the eyes of patients with damaged retinas, the stem cells may be able to re-grow damaged cells.

A team at the University of Toronto took retinal stem cells from human cadavers ranging from babies to pensioners, and transplanted them into the eyes of onedayold mice and chicks, it was reported in the US journal Proceedings Of The National Academy of Sciences.

Within four weeks, the transplanted cells became photoreceptor cells inside the retina.

NARAL and John Kerry and the rest of the death lobby were so hoping it would require human sacrifice.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 29, 2004 07:41 PM