Treatment of Macular Degeneration Using Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Preliminary Results in Asian Patients

Embryonic stem cells hold great promise for various diseases because of their unlimited capacity for self-renewal and ability to differentiate into any cell type in the body. However, despite over 3 decades of research, there have been no reports on the safety and potential efficacy of pluripotent s...

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Main Authors: Won Kyung Song, Kyung-Mi Park, Hyun-Ju Kim, Jae Ho Lee, Jinjung Choi, So Young Chong, Sung Han Shim, Lucian V. Del Priore, Robert Lanza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:Stem Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213671115001058