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Published online 8 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061106-10
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Blind mice see after cell transplant
Study suggests newborn cells best for transfer.
Using a technique that may one day help blind people to see, researchers have shown in mice that retinal cells from newborns transplanted into the eyes of blind adults wire up correctly and help them to detect light.
The finding challenges conventional biological thinking, because it shows that cells that have stopped dividing are better for transplantation than the stem cells that normally make new cells.
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