Eyes open to stem cells: Safety trial may pave the way for cell therapy to treat retinal disease in patients

Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Medina, Reinhold J ^a   Archer, Desmond B ^a   Stitt, Alan W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCA4 GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA TRANSPLANTATION; RETINA SURGERY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STARGARDT DISEASE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITREORETINOPATHY; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CYTOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABCA4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 82955192563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17576512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/scrt88     Document Type: Review

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