What's old is new again: Autologous stem cell transplant for AMD

Leah C Byrne

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aan2783

What's old is new again: Autologous stem cell transplant for AMD

Sci Transl Med. 2017 Apr 26;9(387):eaan2783. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan2783.

Author

Leah C Byrne¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Email: lbyrne@pitt.edu.

PMID: 28446683
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan2783

Abstract

Transplanted RPE cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells maintained vision and were well tolerated in a patient with age-related macular degeneration.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / cytology
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / physiology
Macular Degeneration / therapy*
Retinal Pigment Epithelium / cytology
Transplantation, Autologous / methods*