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SUMMARY:Re-building the diseased retina with stem cells - Dr Rachael Pears
 on\, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
DTSTART:20141105T161500Z
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CONTACT:Fiona Roby
DESCRIPTION:Blindness caused by photoreceptor death is one of the leading 
 causes of untreatable sight loss in the developed world. Photoreceptor rep
 lacement by transplantation is a promising novel therapeutic strategy and 
 recent research has yielded evidence for restoration of vision following t
 he transplantation of healthy rod photoreceptors in murine models of blind
 ness. Moreover\, it is now possible to generate populations of transplanta
 ble photoreceptors from embryonic stem cells. Only cells from a particular
  stage in development\, post-mitotic photoreceptor precursors\, appear cap
 able of migrating from the subretinal space into the recipient neural reti
 na. Why and how only these cells migrate represents an important and intri
 guing question.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2\, Department of Veterinary Medicine
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