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Stem Cells and Glaucoma

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Patients frequently ask about the applicability of stem cell research and therapy for their glaucoma. Stem cell therapies do offer significant promise in glaucoma. Like other neuro-degenerative diseases where stem cells may be of benefit, glaucoma offers logical targets for stem cell therapy. For glaucoma, these are the optic nerve and the trabecular meshwork. In Parkinson’s disease, stem cells delivered to the basal ganglia have proven to have significant therapeutic benefit.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Shan Lin MD

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Mary Kelley PhD

  3. Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA

    John Samples MD

  4. Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO, USA

    John Samples MD

  5. Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmology Society Specialty Eye Care, Parker, CO, USA

    John Samples MD

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    Paul N. Schacknow

  2. Casey Eye Institute, Dept. Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Sciences University, SW. Terwilliger Blvd. 3375, Portland, 97201-4197, USA

    John R. Samples

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Lin, S., Kelley, M., Samples, J. (2010). Stem Cells and Glaucoma. In: Schacknow, P., Samples, J. (eds) The Glaucoma Book. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76700-0_84

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