NEI scientists screen drugs with new stem-cell model of AMD (VIDEO)

NIH/National Eye Institute

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NEI scientists have made retinal cells in a dish. The cells in a dish replicate disease phenotypes. These models can be used to identify drugs to treat blinding eye diseases.

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