Embryonic stem cells improve sight of legally blind women

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Two women who had gone legally blind from untreatable eye diseases had dramatic improvements in their vision after injections of human embryonic stem cells, making it the first documented time these controversial cells have helped someone.

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Now, after surgery in one eye, she cooks, shops and walks on her own. "I can even read my own writing now," she added. "And I've noticed other things. My husband and I were walking around one of our rental properties and I noticed scuff marks on the wall. I told him we need to fix this, and he said, 'You're seeing things better, but that's making my honey-do list even longer.'"
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losers who objected to stem cell research should never be allowed to benefit like this lucky lady.
 
Yes, it is promising. It seems like stem cells may be the next big thing since antibiotics.
 
On a tangental note, is there an "illegally blind" category?
 
I was thinking more along the lines of a Pythonesque vignette, with police arresting people for not being able to see...

"Right sir, how many fingers am I holding up?"
"Erm..."
"Right, you're nicked, my lad!"
 
Awesome! Now I can start eating more salt and cholesterol again! ;)
 
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