An international research team has taken a further step to solve Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) blindness by developing the first biohybrid artificial Retina, built with silk fibroin, an insoluble protein present in silk with the characteristics of healthy Retina cells. This biohybrid Retina, which integrates with surrounding Retina tissue, is a cell therapy designed to reconstruct a damaged Retina. Though further research is necessary, the promise of artificial Retinas is an important step toward solving the problem of blindness faced by AMD patients. Learn more at http://bit.ly/2JlDmmm
