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A microfabricated scaffold for retinal progenitor cell grafting.
Biomaterials - 1 Feb 2008
Neeley William L, Redenti Stephen, Klassen Henry, Tao Sarah, Desai Tejal, Young Michael J, Langer Robert
Abstract excerpt
Diseases that cause photoreceptor cell degeneration afflict millions of people, yet no restorative treatment exists for these blinding disorders. Replacement of photoreceptors using retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) represents a promising therapy for the treatment of retinal degeneration. Previous studies have demonstrated the ability of polymer scaffolds to increase significantly both the survival and...
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