Eye tissue grown outside the body marks advance in cataract research
New York University Medical College reports experimental growth of iris tissue and lens cells in vitro led by Dr. Jer Wheeler and Dr. Daniel Kirby. Mrs. Keith Gameron Estey oversees the sterile lab work at Bellevue Hospital, with aims toward understanding cataract origins and potential treatments.
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Francis J. Tiefsort
Universal ‘Service
Universal Service
New York
John M. Wheeler
New York University Medical College
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Daniel Kirby
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Bellevue Hospital
Keith Gameron Extey
Alexis Carrel
Horkefeller Institute
Raymond ‘Nobla Estey
United States Army Air Corps
Toronto University
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Estey
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Medical College
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