It involves injecting the spinal canal with cells taken from the umbilical cords of healthy babies. The cells are then used to rebuild the optic nerves.
Looks good to me.
Looks like little Izabelle has a way to go in learning to use her eyes. It would be interesting to know, in a year or so, if her eyes uncross as she matures.
This kid probably now believes everything comes in pairs.
“It would be interesting to know, in a year or so, if her eyes uncross as she matures.”
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That will depend upon her ultimate BCVA (Best Corrected Visual Acuity). If she achieves sufficient resolution and the critical accompanying neural development, (her youth is on her side in this case), and in the absence of any accompanying extraocular muscle dysfunction her chances are good.
Minor gripe with this wording:
“The cells are then used to rebuild the optic nerves.”
It sounds like the doctors are using the cells. With the complexity of the retina and optic nerve, God and the cells themselves have to do the work. The only thing we can do is put them in place.
All that said, this is an encouraging therapy.
the answer to the question written on that li’l sweeties shirt is “way too”.
Wow, that dude married up!
There is a wonderful physician at Duke University Medical Center who has been performing miracle surgeries for several decades straightening the eyes of children like this one. The walls are filled with pictures of them. His name is Dr. Buckley.