The procedure involves taking a single stem cell from an embryo and growing it into a “patch” of cells that can be transplanted into the eye A doctor in the UK has performed the world’s first embryonic stem cell operation using a “patch” technique in the hope of finding a cure for blindness in some patients. Professor Lyndon Da Cruz from Moorfields Eye Hospital in London carried out the operation last month on a woman with age-related macular degeneration .
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