When a client sees the parasitic larva in the child's eye and understands that the number - one cause of
childhood blindness in the world is parasites, such a photo can be a powerful motivator to consistently give monthly parasite preventive.
A team led by Steven Schwartz at UCLA administered about 50,000 cells Tuesday into one eye of a volunteer suffering from Stargardt Macular Dystrophy, a progressive form of
blindness that usually begins
in childhood, and another with Dry Age - Related Macular Degeneration, the leading cause of
blindness in the developed
world, Advanced Cell Technology, which is sponsoring the study, announced Thursday.