Treatment for Macular Degeneration
- 0About this program
- 1Current treatments for wet AMD
- 2How are injections administered?
- 3Laser treatments
- 4New treatments
- 5Future treatment
- 6Research for wet AMD
- 7Research for dry AMD
- 8Stem cell therapy
- 9Gene therapy
- 10Research for dystrophies
- 11Can I take part in research?
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Stem cell therapy
This type of treatment for wet and dry AMD is still in early phase clinical trials.
We have heard recently that the two patients with wet AMD, treated at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London in 2015, have maintained the vision they gained and there have been no issues with safety. No further patients have been treated as yet.
In the USA there are two clinical trials underway for dry AMD which are showing promising early results. A trial of the treatment called OpRegen® has shown some of those treated have regained some vision.
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