The unique lens with stem cells to restore vision

Scientists from the University of Sheffield created biosoluble contact lenses, which are full of stem cells. These unique devices are able to make the human eye start to heal itself, which should lead to the restoration of sight.

Equipped with Stem Cell Contact Lenses   can in a short time become one of the most popular methods of non-surgical treatment of eye diseases. As is known, stem cells   is biological material, providing tissue growth. They can transform into any other cell types, and therefore, theoretically, they are capable to repair all the organs of the human body - from the brain to the heart.

Sheffield scientists hope with the help of an implant to help millions of people around the world to restore vision. Contact lenses   stem cells treated with corneal injury, which most often lead people to blindness. Implant repeating structural features of the eye. British researchers were able to create a method of producing the finest membranes, by which stem cells can penetrate into the eye.

Modern methods of treatment of these diseases provides a corneal transplant or stem cell-based human donor membrane, serving as a temporary carrier. However, in some patients, this treatment does not provide sustained effect, since the eye does not store stem cells necessary for recovery of the cornea.

The new contact lenses, this problem is solved by virtue of their structure - small pockets in the lens ROM storing and protecting stem cells. They allow you to keep them in the eye and grouped together. U disk has an outer ring with these pockets, which are placed and table cells taken from a healthy eye of the patient.

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