Tag: retinas

A recent study has revealed that lab-grown retinas may help people with injured eyes restore their vision, which can be heralded as a huge advance in the fight against blindness. According to a press statement from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, scientists there discovered a means to create organized collections of cells, known as organoids, that resemble the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye, more than ten years ago. Lab-Grown Retinas May Restore Vision Working together, these photoreceptor cells unite with other cells to form the retina; a small...