optic nerve regeneration

[woodstock]

Just wondering if any of the docs here happen to know if there have been any breakthroughs, even small ones, on this front.

 

[bbchien]

We can get 'em to regrow in tissue culture but not in a useful "ordering". The key is how the cells get their "order" message, and we still haven't a clue.

 

[gkainz]

friends of our kids took their daughter to china last year for optic nerve stuff ... let me see if I can find a link ...

 

[steingar]

Tough nut to crack. It's not so much the cells, but how they're connected. I have seen some promising results in spinal chord regeneration, so perhaps with time and possibly stem cells, something can be done. But I doubt it will be any time in the near future.

 

[woodstock]

Hi

Thanks for the insights!

I think even ten years ago, even the above wasn't yet possible, eh?