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Researchers aim for first human eye transplant within the decade (pbs.org)
submitted by SophiaDevetzi
KillerLag 1 points 6y ago
Good luck with that! The human eye is probably the second or third most difficult organ to transplant, due to the massive amount of nerve tissue and how much information has to be transmitted through it. To date, surgeons not gotten very far with that issue. Although, some recent advances in spinal cord repair with rats have made this idea more feasible.
10 years seems like a short time, but you never know what sort of medical advance we may suddenly get.
10 years seems like a short time, but you never know what sort of medical advance we may suddenly get.
Vaelian 1 points 6y ago
There have been $1 in optic nerve regeneration too, but I don't believe that 10 years is a realistic prediction either, because the first ever peer reviewed restoration of vision achieved in mice was published 4 years ago and not much has improved from a purely functional perspective since then.
KillerLag 1 points 6y ago
Not only that, but it takes a while to get from testing on mice to testing on humans. And I'm not sure how many people will really want to be a human guinea pig for that :O
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