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I have solar retinopathy scars directly in the center of my vision. they are pretty mild but still affect my visual acuity. is there any stem cell or gene treatments to help my photoreceptor cells regenerate?

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Not yet: Great idea but not perfected yet. Maybe a high end academic program is working on this

Dr Coleman agreed

Answered 11/30/2020

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