Citation: Carr A-J, Vugler AA, Hikita ST, Lawrence JM, Gias C, Chen LL, et al. (2009) Protective Effects of Human iPS - Derived Retinal Pigment
Epithelium Cell Transplantation in the Retinal Dystrophic Rat.
A pilot study assessing the safety and feasibility of the
transplantation of autologous iPSC - derived retinal pigment
epithelium (RPE)
cell sheets in patients with exudative (wet - type) age - related macular degeneration was launched in Japan in August 2013.