Prototype Yeast Corneas Can One Day Cure Blindness
September 2nd, 2010 link to (permalink)
That is, if the method is perfected within the next few years. Better known as the key ingredient in bread, scientists have found a new use for the fungi after a genetically engineered yeast got a small dose of human DNA. What came out was a protein that could be molded into a spare cornea.
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