Traumwind - New Scientist; Fetal tissue transplants improve adult sight

Transplants of fetal eye tissue seem to have improved the vision of two out of four people with a degenerative eye disease. It is too early to be sure the improvements are real and lasting, but on the strength of the results the team pioneering the surgery has asked regulators for permission to carry out further operations.
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... by transplanting a double layer of cells from the retinas of aborted fetuses ...

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