Sentences with phrase «cells under the retina»
Coffey is part of a trial sponsored by the drug company Pfizer awaiting approval in the United Kingdom that will slip a patch of hESC - derived RPE cells under the retina instead of injecting them in a liquid suspension.
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The volunteers, ranging in age from 20 to 88, received injections under their retina of a particular type of eye cell, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells, which were derived from hESCs in the lab.
«When this chip is put into the eye under the retina, its solar cells and the electrodes come into contact with the poorly functioning light - sensing cells,» says Alan Chow.
The researchers injected 50,000 RPE cells suspended in a solution under the retina in one eye of each patient.
In theory, Apte said, when most of the ganglion cells in the retina already have died, fewer cells would be under stress, and that could mean lower levels.
Another delivery showing promise is a suspension of cells, which is injected into the eye under the retina.