1 biological causes researchers are looking into how the body operates on a cellular level so they can better understand what causes macular degeneration.
Macular degeneration stem cell clinical trials.
Stem cell research for age related macular degeneration the promise of using stem cells to combat age related macular degeneration and the demand for it was sufficient to launch an ambitious fundraising effort in 2014 at cu that resulted in successfully recruiting canto soler and creating cellsight.
A pioneering clinical trial of a new treatment derived from embryonic stem cells for people with wet age related macular degeneration amd has been initiated at moorfields eye hospital in london following a successful operation on a 60 year old woman.
As of early 2019 there were 233 clinical trials for macular degeneration registered with the national institutes of health.
Researchers in california expect to launch a phase 2 clinical trial of stem cell therapy for age related macular degeneration this year while a team from the national institutes of health is not.
She is the first of 10 persons with wet amd who will receive the stem cell treatment as part of an 18 month clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of this procedure.