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Scientists May Have Found a Way to Repair Damaged Adult Retinas
Original: Scientists May Have Found a Way to Make Damaged Adult Retinas Repair Themselves https://www. sciencealert.com/scientists
Researchers are reported to have identified a possible method for prompting damaged adult retinas to regenerate, a capacity long thought lost in mammals. The finding, covered by ScienceAlert, could point toward new treatments for vision loss and degenerative eye disease, though the work remains at an early stage and the extent of the repair is not yet clear.
Why now: The prospect of reversing retinal damage naturally excites people worried about blindness and eye disease
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