Restoring Eyesight After Chemical Burns: A Case Study, Stem Cell
Millions of people suffer from damage to their cornea – all occurring from a wide range of injuries that can leave a person with irreversible damage to their eyesight. Corneal issues and injuries are a top cause of visits to eye care clinicians. As expected, losing eyesight is a devastating …
There is no doubt that stem cell therapy holds enormous potential. Unfortunately, this potential also brings with it side-effects, some particularly severe. Such was the case during a therapy that used human foetal stem cells. The boy in the case suffered from a rare genetic disease known as Ataxia Telangiectasia. …
While the majority of researchers who study stem cells do so ethically and honestly, there are unfortunate cases of fraud in the industry. Such has been the case for a South Korean scientist named Hwang who claimed enormous breakthroughs in stem cell research. The reality, however, is that his claims …