{"id":154714,"date":"2023-01-06T18:22:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T00:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/lab-grown-retinal-cells-open-the-door-to-treat-blindness-and-degenerative-eye-diseases"},"modified":"2023-01-06T18:22:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T00:22:35","slug":"lab-grown-retinal-cells-open-the-door-to-treat-blindness-and-degenerative-eye-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/lab-grown-retinal-cells-open-the-door-to-treat-blindness-and-degenerative-eye-diseases","title":{"rendered":"Lab-Grown Retinal Cells Open the Door to Treat Blindness and Degenerative Eye Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/lab-grown-retinal-cells-open-the-door-to-treat-blindness-and-degenerative-eye-diseases.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Lab-created retinal cells created from human stem cells can reach out and connect to neighboring cells, a new study reports. The cells have the capacity to replace damaged retinal cells and carry sensory information. The findings could pave the way for clinical trials for the treatment of a range of diseases associated with vision loss and blindness.<\/p>\n<p>Source: University of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Retinal cells grown from stem cells can reach out and connect with neighbors, according to a new study, completing a \u201chandshake\u201d that may show the cells are ready for trials in humans with degenerative eye disorders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Lab-created retinal cells created from human stem cells can reach out and connect to neighboring cells, a new study reports. The cells have the capacity to replace damaged retinal cells and carry sensory information. The findings could pave the way for clinical trials for the treatment of a range of diseases associated with vision [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}