Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have successfully demonstrated that disrupting an eye structure long suspected of blocking the growth and survival of transplanted nerve cells may help restore vision in people with optic nerve damage.
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Experiments advance efforts to restore vision with transplanted neurons
April 29, 2026
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