27. May 2009 22:41
In a world-first breakthrough by Australian scientists, the eyesight in a damaged eye has been restored by using stem cells from the eye itself
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27. May 2009 15:28
In a world-first breakthrough, University of New South Wales (UNSW) medical researchers have used stem cells cultured on a simple contact lens to restore sight to sufferers of blinding corneal disease.
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28. August 2008 18:07
A brain chemical that plays a role in long term memory also appears to be involved in regulating how much people eat and their likelihood of becoming obese, according to a National Institutes of Health study of a rare genetic condition.
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Tags: Aniridia, Brain, Chromosome, Chromosome 11, Drug Abuse, Genetics, Hypothalamus, Leptin, Obesity, Rare Disease, WAGR Syndrome, Wilms Tumor
31. July 2004 01:06
New research carried out by doctors in the Twin Research Unit at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, indicates that a gene called PAX6 may play a crucial part in the development of myopia.
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