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Lab-Grown Eye Cells Could Treat Blindness

A team of researchers at UW Madison demonstrated that lab-grown retinal cells can form synapses.

Uw Madison
UW Madison

A recent W News article discussed the latest effort to treat blindness in humans. More than a decade ago, scientists at UW Madison devised a method for growing organoids that resemble the retina. They reprogrammed human skin cells to develop into cells that can sense light and transmit the data to the brain. However, it remained to be seen whether these lab-grown cells could work properly after being teased apart, which apparently is vital for implanting them into a patient’s eye. 

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