3dGameMan
09-17-2004, 10:14 AM
Cheek tissue to restore eyesight: ~source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3661582.stm)
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Doctors have used thin sheets of cheek tissue to restore vision in people with damaged corneas.
A team from Osaka University transplanted thin layers of cheek cells on to the eyes of four patients with a rare and painful eye condition.
The patients, whose vision had been cloudy, could see well afterwards, and their 'new corneas' were still clear more than a year later.
The research is published in the New England Journal of Medicine...
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40076000/jpg/_40076496_another_eye203.jpg
Doctors have used thin sheets of cheek tissue to restore vision in people with damaged corneas.
A team from Osaka University transplanted thin layers of cheek cells on to the eyes of four patients with a rare and painful eye condition.
The patients, whose vision had been cloudy, could see well afterwards, and their 'new corneas' were still clear more than a year later.
The research is published in the New England Journal of Medicine...