http://ideas.eyeconx.net/story.php?title=using-stem-cells-to-repair-a-damaged-cornea A new cornea may be the only way to prevent a patient going blind - but there is a shortage of donated corneas and the queue for transplantation is long. Scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have for the first time successfully cultivated stem cells on human corneas, which may in the long term remove the need for donors. Approximately 500 corneal transplan... Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:33:32 EST en