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Article: Schepens Scientists Regenerate Optic Nerve for First Time; New Hope for Sufferers of Glaucoma, Spinal Cord and Other Central Nervous System Injuries and Diseases.
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- February 23, 2005
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Byline: Schepens Eye Research Institute
BOSTON, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, scientists have regenerated a damaged optic nerve -- from the eye to the brain. This achievement, which occurred in laboratory mice and is described in the March 1, 2005 issue of the Journal of Cell Science, holds great promise for victims of diseases that destroy the optic nerve, and for sufferers of central nervous system injuries. "For us, this is a dream becoming reality," says Dr. Dong Feng Chen, lead author of the study, assistant scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute and an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. "This is the ...