Blindness to be curable in 5 years.


	Blindness to be curable in 5 years.

BitDrifter

6-5-2007 5:50 PM

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stem cells, science, biology, blind, eyes, medical, health, technology

BitDrifter says:

with stem cell treatment.

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6-5-2007 7:33 PM

arifsali

This got to be a major discovery/news.

6-5-2007 7:41 PM

skwirlinator

This is significant but I believe it's only the start of many more discoveries approaching us in the next 10 years.
There is a very distinct possibility that we that are alive today may see 200 to 300 years before we die.

6-6-2007 12:04 AM

Alexiares

For those who can afford it - which won't be many...

6-6-2007 12:23 AM

skwirlinator

Yeah, who can afford a vhs recorder?

6-6-2007 10:41 AM

bignosemousie

This is great news. I am really freaked out by macular degeneration.

6-7-2007 11:49 AM

gingembre

Amazing!

Wonderful news, BitDrifter. It's heartening to learn of good and noble uses of biotechnology.

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