ReNeuron reports more data on ReN003

27 April 2008

UK company, ReNeuron, has announced further preclinical data for its stem cell therapy program for diseases of the retina.

The study was performed at the Schepens Eye Research Institute at Harvard Medical School. The ReN003 human retinal progenitor cells were tested in a rodent model of damaged retina. Between 14 and 28 days after transplantation into the sub-retinal space, the cells were seen to integrate with the host retinal tissue, even dividing into the sub-categories of cells found in a healthy retina.

The prototype treatment has the potential to heal retinas damaged by blindness-causing diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

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