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SUBMITTER: Sivan PP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4884591 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sivan Padma Priya PP Syed Sakinah S Mok Pooi-Ling PL Higuchi Akon A Murugan Kadarkarai K Alarfaj Abdullah A AA Munusamy Murugan A MA Awang Hamat Rukman R Umezawa Akihiro A Kumar Suresh S
Stem cells international 20160515
Sustenance of visual function is the ultimate focus of ophthalmologists. Failure of complete recovery of visual function and complications that follow conventional treatments have shifted search to a new form of therapy using stem cells. Stem cell progenitors play a major role in replenishing degenerated cells despite being present in low quantity and quiescence in our body. Unlike other tissues and cells, regeneration of new optic cells responsible for visual function is rarely observed. Unders ...[more]