Doctors make eye cells see light
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Scientists discover how to make eye cells sensitive to light, offering hopes of treatments for blindness.
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Corporate researchers working  outside controversial federal restraints said on Thursday they  had engineered human stem cells that they believe could be used  to repair eyes.
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Blind mice regained some ability to see after getting transplants of cells taken from the eyes of other mice, strengthening the prospect that it may someday be possible to restore vision in some people who have lost most or all of their eyesight, scientists reported yesterday.
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NEW YORK  - Scientists may be closing in on a remedy for a common degenerative condition of the retina called retinitis pigmentosa.
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Technology that doctors expect will help detect precancerous cells faster and less painfully also could someday take cameras to parts of the body where no camera has gone before.
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Doctors try to balance a patient's trust with new technology.
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Two new trials have shown that a drug injected into the eye can effectively treat a potentially blinding form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Japanese researchers say they have turned cells from the mouth into eye cells that have successfully been implanted in four patients to repair damage to the delicate outer layer of the cornea.
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A new study has revealed that Implantable contact lenses (ICL) are safe, effective and have predictable results for correcting myopia or nearsightedness.
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Genetic breakthroughs and an unlikely drug offer hope for a disease ravaging the eyes of an aging population.
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A drug to treat a common eye disease that damages vision produced promising results in a major trial, researchers say.
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British scientists plan to use stem  cells to cure a common form of blindness, with the first  patients receiving test treatment in five years.
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Reports show cells can help correcting faulty heart rhythms and fighting vision-destroying diseases.
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Designed to help doctors detect precancerous cells, a pill-sized camera may someday help diagnose diseases in parts of the body that are hard to reach by conventional means.
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Mixing cells and eggs to be allowed in search for new medical treatments.
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UK scientists are attempting to restore vision in people with a leading cause of blindness using stem cells.
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If a technique used in mice can be adapted to human cells, it would let scientists use a patientâs skin cells to generate new heart, liver or kidney cells.