The Gift of Seeing.

British scientists have made a step towards new treatments for patients with eye diseases. The scientists injected cells which were immature rod-photoreceptor cells from young healthy mice into the retinas of adult mice that had night-blindness. As a result of these transplantations the mice were able to find a hidden platform and got out of the water. In contrary to mice the mice that were treated it took the untreated mice a while before they were able to get out. These transplantations provided evidence of functional recovery in the eyes. Even though, this step forward appears to be promising when it comes to eye treatments it is still not suitable for humans and it will take a while and much research until it can be applied to humans.

I am really impressed by the scientists at University College London Institute of Ophthalmology. Instead of mice maybe they could have chosen chimpanzees to make the result more successful.  96% of DNA base sequences of humans and chimpanzees are the same and therefore the transplantation would be more successful. Nevertheless, they have discovered a great thing which hopefully can change mankind in a couple of years. Although, I do not know many blind people, I can imagine that it is really hard for people not to be able to see and having to rely on others. The result of this research is perfect and is worth developing.  Maybe one day there will be no more blind people in this world and the scientists can discover more cures for other diseases.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17748165