Mouse Stem-Cell Discovery May Lead to Blindness Therapies, University College London Researchers Say
Bloomberg -- Embryonic stem cells in mice formed themselves into an eyelike structure, a discovery that may lead to treatments for blindness, researchers said. Scientists coaxed the stem cells by adding proteins and a gene usually expressed in the eye field and retina, according to a report today in the journal Nature. The structure, called an optic cup, then began to form, and soon was complete.