Blisstree » glaucoma http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:26:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Muller Glial Cell Could Be Key In Restoring Eyesight In Diabetics http://www.blisstree.com/articles/muller-glial-cell-could-be-key-in-restoring-eyesight-in-diabetics-78/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/muller-glial-cell-could-be-key-in-restoring-eyesight-in-diabetics-78/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:29:20 +0000 Kendra James, RN http://www.diabetesnotes.com/muller-glial-cell-could-be-key-in-restoring-eyesight-in-diabetics/ Post from: Blisstree

Muller Glial Cell Could Be Key In Restoring Eyesight In Diabetics

]]> eye.jpgResearcher’s are hoping that in the next 5-10 years they will have a way to grow cells in a laboratory and implant them back into ones eye to restore eyesight.

Scientists have found a type of cell, known as a Muller glial cell, that plays an important part in regenerating retinal damage.

This would be great news for diabetics that live with poor or no eyesight every day. Diabetes and glaucoma combined account for about 3/4 of all blindness in the UK.

Wouldn’t this be grand? Here’s to tweaking the research from rat’s to human’s. Let’s get it done. Restoring eyesight is restoring independence!

via Scottsmen.com

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Muller Glial Cell Could Be Key In Restoring Eyesight In Diabetics

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