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.
The treatment, which consists of a layer of human embryonic stem cell - derived
retinal pigment epithelium cells on an ultrathin supportive structure, was implanted in the retina of four patients by a USC Roski Eye Institute surgeon.
«Previous studies primarily focused on neurons and
the retinal pigment epithelium cells as culprits in degeneration,» said Eroglu, who is also a member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS).