Successfully developed human eye embryos in vitro

Transplantation to cure blindness has come closer to reality after scientists first successfully developed a retina in the laboratory.

Scientists were amazed to see that in vitro stem cells are self-developing into embryos of the eye with complex structures.

This amazing achievement could open up the prospect of creating a whole laboratory-grown retina for vision-recovery implants for blind and visually impaired people.

Lab embryos.

This great discovery belongs to researchers from the Institute of Physics and Chemicals in Japan. Now scientists are adding special embryo proteins in vitro to stimulate them to grow.

Tests show that cells work normally and are able to communicate with each other. Scientists hope that in the next 10 years clinical trials can be conducted and implants can be performed.