Corneal transplants are performed as a result of chemical or inflammatory injury to the clear part of the eye. Efficacy of corneal transplantation is decreased when the limbal stem cells which produce corneal epithelium are damaged or defective. Accordingly, transplantation of limbal stem cells has been performed clinically. [Read More]
Mesenchymal stem cells are one of the most clinically advanced forms of stem cell therapy after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The conventional source for mesenchymal stem cells has been bone marrow, however these cells can also be extracted from a variety of other...