First embryonic stem cell trial is given go-ahead in the UK
British doctors will inject stem cells derived from human embryos into the eyes of young patients suffering sight problems, in the first clinical trial of its kind approved in Europe.
British doctors will inject stem cells derived from human embryos into the eyes of young patients suffering sight problems, in the first clinical trial of its kind approved in Europe.
More than 150 animal-human hybrid embryos have been created by scientists working in British laboratories over the past three years.