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Timing is critical when it comes to cone cell transplantation

Timing is critical when it comes to cone cell transplantation

Researchers from University College London and the Moorfields Eye Hospital have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of cone cell transplantation into the adult retina. The research used embryonic and post-natal sourced photoreceptor cells as the donor population for transplantation into two animal models of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). The authors of the report presented data supporting cone cell integration into wild type and degenerating retinae leading to the prospect of a future therapeutic application for certain forms of human blindness.