SauceA simple 45-minute operation being developed by British scientists could cure blindness in millions of people around the world.
The revolutionary procedures could take place in six years and could be as commonplace as cataract surgery in less than a decade.
The new treatment centres on human embryonic stem cells grown in a laboratory.
These are 'blank' cells with the power to turn into different cell types and are used to create small patches identical to the cells damaged in the eyes of AMD sufferers.
Packaged into a syringe, the patch is injected into the back of the eye where it replaces damaged cells and restores sight.
The technique has been successfully trialled on rats and pigs and human trials will begin within two years.
thats awesome!
Aus is developing bionic eyes tbqfh.
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
inb4Intel vs AMD joke
too much australian for me tbqfh.
Hopefully this can be adapted to treat tinnitus and hearing damage too.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Unless they find a way to regrow the tiny sound sensitive hairs in your ear I think that's a bit far off yet.Freezer7Pro wrote:
Hopefully this can be adapted to treat tinnitus and hearing damage too.
Incredible!
...that makes it even better newsebug9 wrote:
developed by British scientists
Injection into back of the eye doesn't sound pleasant, but regaining sight tops it..just a little.
My eyes hurt at the thoughtkylef wrote:
Injection into back of the eye doesn't sound pleasant, but regaining sight tops it..just a little.
ya i would need to be either COMPLETELY numbed (numbskull lolol) or put outFFLink13 wrote:
My eyes hurt at the thoughtkylef wrote:
Injection into back of the eye doesn't sound pleasant, but regaining sight tops it..just a little.
never want a needle touching my eye but thats amazing stuff.
Stupid people who are against stem cell research - we could have many new life saving treatements by now if it was supported instead of oppressed
15 more years! 15 more years!
They better fucking do that.Freezer7Pro wrote:
Hopefully this can be adapted to treat tinnitus and hearing damage too.
Bush suppressed steam cell research.Mitch wrote:
Stupid people who are against stem cell research - we could have many new life saving treatements by now if it was supported instead of oppressed
One of the first things Obama did when taking office was overturn the stem cell research ban.
bastard commieAussieReaper wrote:
Bush suppressed steam cell research.Mitch wrote:
Stupid people who are against stem cell research - we could have many new life saving treatements by now if it was supported instead of oppressed
One of the first things Obama did when taking office was overturn the stem cell research ban.
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Incredible!
Any cell has the potentional to turn into any other type of cell.These are 'blank' cells with the power to turn into different cell types
Cool though.
So long as it is a stem cell.Finray wrote:
Any cell has the potentional to turn into any other type of cell.These are 'blank' cells with the power to turn into different cell types
Cool though.
Otherwise the potential is lost.
People believe that it is "playing God", or similar. Which I can reason with, I suppose.Mitch wrote:
Stupid people who are against stem cell research - we could have many new life saving treatements by now if it was supported instead of oppressed
I am not against stem cell research, though.
Stop masturbating and you'll both cure blindness and get rid off hairy palms
Update:
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Here's something that people with poor or no vision will be excited about: three patients had their sight restored in less than a month by contact lenses cultured with stem cells.
All three patients were blind in one eye. The researchers extracted stem cells from their working eyes, cultured them in contact lenses for 10 days, and gave them to the patients. Within 10 to 14 days of use, the stem cells began recolonizing and repairing the cornea.
Of the three patients, two were legally blind but can now read the big letters on an eye chart, while the third, who could previously read the top few rows of the chart, is now able to pass the vision test for a driver's license. The research team isn't getting over excited, still remaining unsure as to whether the correction will remain stable, but the fact that the three test patients have been enjoying restored sight for the last 18 months is definitely encouraging. The simplicity and low cost of the technique also means that it could be carried out in poorer countries.
This is incredible and potentially game changing. It's stuff like this that makes you realize that we live in the future, and it's awesome.
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Cure for blindness; masturbation.
That last one ebug sounds cool, my Grandmother has Macular Degeneration, I wonder if these contact things would work for her. She's been really hopeless these last few years...
Nature is a powerful force. Those who seek to subdue nature, never do so permanently.
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