Stem cells can transform into any tissue and are already being trialled for healing the eye, heart and brain.
Dr Haruko Obokata: "It's exciting to think about the new possibilities these findings offer us, not only in regenerative medicine, but cancer as well."
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gene therapy 'could be used to treat blindness'
Surgeons in Oxford have used a gene therapy technique to improve the vision of six patients who would otherwise have gone blind.
The operation involved inserting a gene into the eye, a treatment that revived light-detecting cells.The doctors involved believe that the treatment could in time be used to treat common forms of blindness.
Prof Robert MacLaren:" I was absolutely delighted at the outcome, we really couldn't have asked for a better result"
Clara Aglen of the Royal National Institute of Blind People: "As this process advances there is hope that it could be transferred across and provide a cure for these common causes of blindness."
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