Unexpected findings of lead exposure may lead to treating blindness

Monday, October 25, 2010 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Some unexpected effects of lead exposure that may one day help prevent and reverse blindness have been uncovered. A new study suggests that lead, or a new drug that acts like lead, could transform human embryonic retinal stem cells into neurons that would be transplanted into patients to treat retinal degenerations.

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