Lab generated retina: Realizing the dream

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 317-332

  Mellough, Carla B ^a   Collin, Joseph ^a   Sernagor, Evelyne ^a   Wride, Nicholas K ^a,b   Steel, David H W ^a,b   Lako, Majlinda ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration (AMD); Differentiation; Hereditary retinal dystrophies (HRDs); Human pluripotent stem cells; Neural retina; Retinal pigmented epithelium

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; DREAM; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OPTIC DISK CUP; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; NEURONS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RETINA;

EID: 84911428902     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252381400008X     Document Type: Review

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