The clinical trial was designed to determine if people at risk for the development of the advanced stages of age related macular degeneration amd could lower their risk for progression and associated vision loss by ingesting high dose micronutrient supplements.
Macular degeneration stem cell clinical trials.
1 biological causes researchers are looking into how the body operates on a cellular level so they can better understand what causes macular degeneration.
Researchers in california expect to launch a phase 2 clinical trial of stem cell therapy for age related macular degeneration this year while a team from the national institutes of health is not.
The supplements studied included vitamins c e beta carotene zinc and copper.
Stem cell research for age related macular degeneration the promise of using stem cells to combat age related macular degeneration and the demand for it was sufficient to launch an ambitious fundraising effort in 2014 at cu that resulted in successfully recruiting canto soler and creating cellsight.
She is the first of 10 persons with wet amd who will receive the stem cell treatment as part of an 18 month clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of this procedure.