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gljames24 t1_j3o472u wrote

Reply to comment by BatteryAcid67 in Lab-grown retinal eye cells make successful connections, open door for clinical trials to treat blindness by chrisdh79

Depends on the problem. Most vision impairments are caused by bad optics like myopia, but from what it looks like, this could help those who have retina damage from uv like welders, detached retinas, or even color blindness. It would be cool if they could also use this to expand our color vision!

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BatteryAcid67 t1_j3ocgjz wrote

That would be awesome! Yeah I just have astigmatisms but it keeps getting

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Airk640 t1_j3pkpn3 wrote

Even with these examples, this therapy wouldn't do much. The UV radiation off a torch doesnt typically penetrate deep enough to hurt the retina, just burns the cornea. A severly detached retina results in too much scar tissue to implant anything. Color deficiency.. 1 out of 12 men have it and live a normal life. Cell replacement seems like overkill.

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