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Originally Posted by louden48
I saw something about this on tv this morning. What wonderful news and exciting research!
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It is exciting!!
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Originally Posted by Buggirl
Ain't science amazing? What a wonderful gift to those children- here's hoping this will eventually become a broad-sweeping cure for blindness....
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I think we are going to be dumbfounded at some of the advances in the medical sciences over the next decade. There seems to be a lot in many areas of medicine where major advances are just around the corner
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Originally Posted by Tommygurl
Hi Ron!  I get updates from the Foundation Fighting Blindness! Encouraging news! Love you guys & I am so hoping there is a major breakthrough soon! |
You're so nice. Kathy's doc (geneticist and retinal electro-physiologist) says, the way the disease if progressing she probably has another 8 years or so before legal blindness. That isn't as bad as being totally blind, but the impact is already being felt. She went somewhere yesterday and missed the last rush-hour bus home, so ended up getting her exercise in. Not being able to drive in a country that has relatively poor public transit is a drag.
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Originally Posted by TeeZet
Speaking of stem cells, a major breakthrough was reported a few days ago (albeit in a different area of the human body):
Heart Derived Stem Cells Develop Into Heart Muscle
The Gene Therapy seems real encouraging, too. 
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Thanks Tony. Stem cells offer the opportunity to replace lost photo-receptor cells (rods and cones). That would be amazing. The research is moving forward. Sometimes the pace seems slow, but it really is amazing.