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Human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium in patients with age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt's macular dystrophy: follow-up of two open-label phase 1/2 studies

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The results suggest that hESC-derived cells could provide a potentially safe new source of cells for the treatment of various unmet medical disorders requiring tissue repair or replacement.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2015-02-07. It has received 990 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Macular dystrophy & Stargardt disease.

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Advantages of the Eye as a Target Organ for Cell-Based Therapy in the Central Nervous System

TL;DR: The eye is an immune privileged organ, particularly the subretinal space, which may reduce the need for long-term immune suppression of transplant recipients, and high-resolution noninvasive imaging technology permits visualization and functional assessment of the transplanted cells in situ.
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Global Transcriptional and Epigenetic Reconfiguration during Chemical Reprogramming of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells into Photoreceptor-like Cells

TL;DR: RPE cells can be efficiently reprogrammed into photoreceptor-like cells through defined pharmacological modulations, providing a useful cell source forPhotoreceptor generation in cell replacement therapy for retinal degenerative diseases.
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Surgical Approaches for Cell Transplantation in Cell Replacement Therapy

TL;DR: Important surgical approaches to hESC-RPE transplantation for age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt’s disease are summarized and the future directions of cell therapy in degenerative retinal disease are discussed.
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Stem cells pass safety test in vision-loss trial

Heidi Ledford
- 30 Apr 2015 - 
TL;DR: Treatment developed by company with tumultuous history is set for larger studies, paving the way for further studies in animals and humans.
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Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Cells for Transplantation

TL;DR: Stem cell-based therapies that introduce healthy tissue into the eye have been shown to restore or rescue the degenerated retina and improve vision in animal models as discussed by the authors, which is a promising treatment for retinal diseases.
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Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that iPS cells can be generated from adult human fibroblasts with the same four factors: Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc.
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Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts

TL;DR: Human blastocyst-derived, pluripotent cell lines are described that have normal karyotypes, express high levels of telomerase activity, and express cell surface markers that characterize primate embryonic stem cells but do not characterize other early lineages.
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Establishment in culture of pluripotential cells from mouse embryos

TL;DR: The establishment in tissue culture of pluripotent cell lines which have been isolated directly from in vitro cultures of mouse blastocysts are reported, able to differentiate either in vitro or after innoculation into a mouse as a tumour in vivo.
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The Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Visual Function

TL;DR: This review summarizes the current knowledge of RPE functions and describes how failure of these functions causes loss of visual function.
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