Umbilical Cells Help Eye’s Neurons Connect

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 11:40 in Biology & Nature

Cells isolated from human umbilical cord tissue have been shown to produce molecules that help retinal neurons from the eyes of rats grow, connect and survive, according to Duke University researchers working with Janssen Research & Development, LLC. The findings, which appear Nov. 25 in the Journal of Neuroscience, implicate one family of molecules in […]

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