[Blindtlk] [blindtlk] transplants

[Larry Wayland]

You are right, the cornea is the only part of the eye that can be
transplanted at this time.  However there are lens implants for those with
cataracts.  
Scientist are working on growing retinas with stem cells. If successful the
retinas would be transplanted into the eye. I don't think there would be a
rejection problem with this because the stem cells would come from the
persons own body.  That is a long way off though.




-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
via blindtlk
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 3:01 PM
To: Ineyda Velasquez; Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] [blindtlk] transplants

The main transplant done I think is still the cornea, but I am sure someone
can correct me if I would be wrong.
Cindy

On Nov 10, 2014, at 2:55 PM, Ineyda Velasquez via blindtlk
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> Someone asked me if I'd ever asked my eye doctor about getting a
transplant for the damaged parts of my eyes. Can that actually be done or
does it depend on the condition you have? I have Leber's congenital
amaurosis.
> 
> Ineyda
> 
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