Experimental Stem Cell Treatment Leaves Three Women Blind

(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News)

An experimental treatment — which blinded three women after stem cells from abdominal fat were injected into their eyes — was advertised on a government-run clinical trial website but lacked proper safeguards, researchers reported Wednesday. Continue reading article here…

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