Currently the only treatment for Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy, a genetic eye disease, is a cornea transplant. A new gene therapy could change that.
A new model of the human eye created with retina cells should help resolve a debate among researchers about the causes of age-related macular degeneration.
Bob Marcotte-U. Rochester •
futurity
April 2, 2021
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~7 min
"Our findings do not prove that all corneas are resistant," says Jonathan Miner."But every donor cornea we tested was resistant to the novel coronavirus."