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PostSubject: Eye-opener as scientists grow lens cells   Eye-opener as scientists grow lens cells Icon_minitimeThu Jan 31, 2013 5:04 am

RESEARCHERS have established a way to grow human eye lens cells in the laboratory - the first time this has been done at 100 per cent purity.

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The discovery means patients suffering congenital sight impairment caused by lens damage such as cataracts might one day be able to have a transplant, allowing them to grow an eye lens without the genetic defects their DNA would otherwise dictate.

The researchers from Monash University's Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute took stem cells and isolated the lens epithelium - the embryonic tissue from which the lens of the eye develops.

After isolating the cells from other cultures, Tiziano Barberi and Isabella Mengarelli then enabled the embryonic tissue to develop into lens cells in a culture dish.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/eyeopener-as-scientists-grow-lens-cells-20130130-2dl7q.html#ixzz2JXvEOIdC
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