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Nature Medicine 8, 932 - 934 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm0902-932
Stem cells go for the eyes
Lois E.H. Smith1
- Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Department of Ophthalmology Boston, Massachusetts, USA e-mail: lois.smith@tch.harvard.edu
Abstract
Abnormal vessel growth in the eyes is a major cause of blindness. In mice, injection of stem cells from the bone marrow can alter vessel growth (pages 1004–1010).
A leading cause of vision loss in industrialized nations is the abnormal growth of blood vessels. Such growth can cause retinal edema, hemorrhage and retinal detachment1, and it is associated with several disorders.
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