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NIH-funded researchers restored sight in mice by turning skin cells into light-sensing eye cells. The study offers a new path to modeling eye disease and advancing therapies.

Read more: <a href="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/researchers-restore-sight-mice-turning-skin-cells-into-light-sensing-eye-cells" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/researchers-restore...</a>

In this image: Three months after transplantation, immunofluorescence studies confirmed the survival of the chemically induced photoreceptor-like cells (green). They also show integration of the cells into the layers of the mouse retina. Credit: Sai Chavala, M.D., CIRC Therapeutics

NIH support from: National Eye Institute
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Source Photoreceptor-like cells
Author NIH Image Gallery from Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by National Institutes of Health (NIH) at https://flickr.com/photos/132318516@N08/49802638548. It was reviewed on 22 August 2022 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

22 August 2022

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