Comments on: Can Sight Be Restored With Stem Cells Grown on Contact Lenses?

By: Guide4uslots

Guide4uslots — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:52:35 +0000

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By: Pond Fish

Pond Fish — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:17:05 +0000

I got lasik ad I have to say I really enjoy not wearing contacts anymore!

By: Pragashinee

Pragashinee — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:51:57 +0000

hi! i don’t have a comment on the above article but i have a query! my husband lost his eye in a hijacking a while ago and had to have a prosthetic eye inseted. we have heard of other organs being reporduced through stem cell , etc and we were just wondering whether the eye can be replaced. then my husband could enjoy vision in his eye again. please advise if you know of any new developments in this regard. thank you!!!

By: Robert Handley

Robert Handley — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:47:53 +0000

Will this treatment work for Fuch’s Corneal Dystrophy ?

By: Richard Lim

Richard Lim — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:14:19 +0000

Will this breakthru helps those suffering from Retinitis Pigmentosa ?

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:25:19 +0000

Annie — this procedure is still in the experimental stage, and isn’t available commercially. You can ask your doctor to keep an eye out for clinical trials involving limbal stem cell transplants (or you can search for trials yourself with web sites like clinicaltrials.gov), but that’s really the only possibility for now.

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:34:34 +0000

This is an answer to my prayers, where in the USA can I get this done?!

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:19:49 +0000

Luke — sorry to hear of your frustration. Of course I’d like you to stick around. Which RSS reader do you use? On the Google reader, the 80beats feed includes the first 2 paragraphs of every post. That reader also doesn’t repeat postings, to my knowledge.

By: Luke Bayes

Luke Bayes — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:05:58 +0000

I’ve been following your blog for almost a year now, and am writing to let you know that I sadly have to unsubscribe. While your articles are often a pleasure to read, I almost never get enough of a summary to decide. You provide a single sentence – and often not even that in the summary. So frustrating.

But the bigger reason is actually your blog software – every time you edit a published article, it’s added again to my RSS reader. This means that for most of your articles – the ones I get less than a single sentence of – I see them 10 or 15 times jamming up my reading experience.

Please let me know if you’re able to resolve these issues, as I do enjoy the articles.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:55:22 +0000

@Sundance, your idea for the stem cell application is fantastic imo! And laser surgery is so expensive (here anyhow). I can see your vision (er..pun), for this application of the technique being realized v soon! .. let’s hope so anyway!
@Nick – ..totally agree with you. I can’t see how anyone would find it unethical to use your own stem cells from your own eye to regrow the ocular ‘spare parts’ you need! Regarding costs, the Hollows Foundation has been restoring sight to the blind in developing countries for an average of $25 per eye! I could envisage that the described ocular stem cell treatment might be incredibly inexpensive/affordable in the near future, and therefore a miracle for blind people in developing nations. Let’s hope the emerging technologies and treatment programs can somehow be safeguarded (from dollar-driven ‘juggernauts’/interests) by philanthropists, charities, and even far-sighted governments (pardon pun)..