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Transplantation of RPE cell line allows vision preservation

Salt Lake City-Researchers working with an animal model of retinal degenerative disease have demonstrated that a human-derived, extended-life retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell line can be successfully transplanted and that such treatment results in durable vision preservation.

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