Patient in ACTC Stem Cell Clinical Trial With Dry AMD Goes from Legally Blind (20/400) to Near Normal Vision (20/40)

May 20, 2013

Irv Arons

As you may know, Advanced Cell Technology is currently running three stem cell clinical trials; two for treating Stargardt’s Disease, one in the U.S. and one in the UK; and one clinical trial in the U.S. for treating the dry form of AMD.

Due to a unique set of circumstances, it was disclosed that one of the dry AMD patients has gone from 20/400 (legally blind) to 20/40 (near normal vision). This is an amazing development.

Here is the story behind the story of how this disclosure occurred.

To read the story, please follow this link.

Here is a link to the company’s press release concerning the development.

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