New developments in the field of nanotechnology – a method that restores vision
Nanofibers are being created in Liberec that are used in patients to apply stem cells to damaged areas. Scientists from the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic have discovered that if stem cells taken from a patient’s bone marrow or fat tissue or received from a matching donor are grown on special nanofibers and placed in the eye, they have the ideal environment for growth, they stay in the right place in the eye and in some cases increase the chances of saving vision several fold. For the time being, testing has been limited to the laboratory, but it is already obvious that this new procedure will have practical applications. Before this happens however, it’s still necessary to conduct clinical trials and get approval from the State Institute for Drug Control.
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