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A first look at the eye’s stem cells

The eye harbors a population of cells that might be useful to fight blinding diseases.

 

References:

Coles, B.L.K. 1998. Neural stem cells in the adult and embryonic mouse eye. Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. November. Los Angeles.

 

Further Readings:

Travis, J. 1998. Race to find human stem cells end in tie. Science News 154(Nov. 7):293.

 

Sources:

Brenda L.K. Coles
University of Toronto
Medical Science Building
1 Kings College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Canada

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 22, November 28, 1998, p. 344. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

 

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