Russian scientists were able to grow the retina from stem cells
Scientists at the Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Physicochemical Medicine (FSC RCM) have learned to grow the retina from reprogrammed stem cells, the center’s general director, Vadim Govorun, told Izvestia. In their development, Russian scientists relied on the discovery of Nobel laureate Shinye Yamanaka, who discovered that it is possible to reprogram human cells back to an embryonic state, and then grow almost any tissue from such cells.