SEVILLE, Spain — A cell-based subretinal implant shows promise in the treatment of geographic atrophy, achieving the unprecedented milestone of partially restoring vision.
During his keynote lecture at the Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology, Mark S. Humayun, MD, PhD, discussed cell-based approaches for GA and early studies examining autologous same-eye retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) transplantation, which led to vision improvement.
“This was important because everyone looked into these eyes with geographic atrophy and said, ‘The retina is already dead. There’s