Cultivating a cure for blindness

被引:5
作者
Hodson, S
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[1] Cardiff University of Wales,Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences
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10.1038/387449a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Damaged corneas can often be repaired using donor grafts, but if the damage is too great the graft will be rejected. This may change with the development of a method to inhibit rejection which uses cultivated cells.
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