Advances in Pluripotent and Adult Stem Cells for Eye Research

Abstract

Blindness is one of the most feared disabilities and many common causes of blindness are currently untreatable. Currently, the World Health Organization estimates that around 285 million people are visually impaired. Regenerative medicine using stem cells offers a new avenue for medical treatment by replacing cells and tissues lost during ocular disease progression. Here we provide an overview of research of pluripotent stem cells as well as adult stem cells in the eye and highlight their potentials for eye research.