A review of the potential to restore vision with stem cells.
Mooney I, LaMotte J. Source Southern California College of Optometry, Fullerton, California 92831, USA. Abstract Vision research involving stem cells is a rapidly evolving field. Animal experiments have shown that in response to environmental cues, stem cells can repopulate damaged retinas, regrow neuronal axons, repair higher cortical pathways, and restore pupil reflexes, light responses and basic…