I can't believe no one started a thread about what could possibly be the single biggest medical success this year. In California scientists have restored sight to a blind man using the lastest advances in stem cell research. HERE is the BBC article.
Mike May, of California, had been blind for 40 years since an accident at the age of three where he lost one eye and was blinded in the other. During that time he had some ability to perceive light, but could not make out form or contrast. The operation transplanted corneal and limbal stem cells into his right eye resulting in Mr. May being able to identify shapes, percieve things in 3D, and develop spacial awareness.
It is unknown how many blind people can be cured using this technique but it is possible that continued stem cell research will yield more and more procedures which will be able to cure previously uncurable aflictions.
I am madder then hell at the Bush administration for cow towing to the religious fundimentalists who have tried to block stem cell research. We can save lives and restore quality of life to so many people yet that Bastard Bush has done just about everything to prevent it.
Mike May, of California, had been blind for 40 years since an accident at the age of three where he lost one eye and was blinded in the other. During that time he had some ability to perceive light, but could not make out form or contrast. The operation transplanted corneal and limbal stem cells into his right eye resulting in Mr. May being able to identify shapes, percieve things in 3D, and develop spacial awareness.
It is unknown how many blind people can be cured using this technique but it is possible that continued stem cell research will yield more and more procedures which will be able to cure previously uncurable aflictions.
I am madder then hell at the Bush administration for cow towing to the religious fundimentalists who have tried to block stem cell research. We can save lives and restore quality of life to so many people yet that Bastard Bush has done just about everything to prevent it.
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