Editors   World's Second Human Trials of Embryonic Stem Cells May Make the Blind See Again   4/20/2009 11:00:00 AM    
In what would be the second human trials of embryonic stem cells (the first for spinal cord injuries), a UK team is applying for regulatory approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the Human Tissue Authority, in order to replace damaged cells caused by age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness.

Embryonic stem cells will be re...