A breakthrough study published in the journal Stem Cell Reports has reported that researchers have successfully grown mini eyes in a laboratory to assess blindness caused by Usher syndrome.
In order to study blindness in a rare genetic illness called Usher Syndrome, scientists have created "mini eyes" in a lab.
Researchers have developed retinal organoids, popularly known as 3D "mini eyes," for the first time ever. They came from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) patients' donated skin samples, which were used to create stem cells.
The journal Stem Cell Reports reported the findings of the study (pdf below).
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