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Stem cells go for the eyes

Nature Medicine volume 8, pages 932–934 (2002)Cite this article

Abnormal vessel growth in the eyes is a major cause of blindness. In mice, injection of stem cells from the bone marrow can alter vessel growth (pages 1004–1010).

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Figure 1: Vessel growth and repair in the eye.

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