Three years after publishing a groundbreaking paper in which she isolated adult retinal
pigment epithelial stem cells, Temple is in preclinical trials with rats.
Not exact matches
Ten years ago, the team at Advanced
Cell Technology announced that it had successfully converted human embryonic
stem cells into retinal
pigment epithelial cells.
The study, which followed four individuals for a year after they were treated with embryonic
stem cell - derived retinal
pigment epithelial cells for macular degeneration, observed no serious side effects (tumor growth or other unexpected effects) related to the therapy.
This is a scanning electron microscope image of retinal
pigment epithelial cells derived from
stem cells.
His recent published work describes the rescued visual function in animals using retinal
pigment epithelial cells derived from human embryonic
stem cells and a method for deriving
stem cells using a single -
cell approach that does not harm embryos.
Xeno - Free and Defined Human Embryonic
Stem Cell - Derived Retinal
Pigment Epithelial Cells Functionally Integrate in a Large - Eyed Preclinical Model
The company has turned human embryonic
stem cells into retinal
pigment epithelial cells, which will be surgically implanted into the eye.
The
stem cell approach I am most excited about involves a treatment to replace
cells called retinal
pigment epithelial cells.