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Not relevant for my blindness, but this could well turn out to be the first widespread use of stem-cells, especially considering that the number of people with age-related visual impairments is supposed to double in the next decade or so.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/23/145636849/stem-cells-show-promise-as-blindness-treatment-in-early-study?ps=sh_stcathdl
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/23/145636849/stem-cells-show-promise-as-blindness-treatment-in-early-study?ps=sh_stcathdl