Retinal progenitor cells isolated from post-mortem tissue.

2004 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Retinal progenitor cells have been isolated from post-mortem tissue.

"The goal of the present study was threefold: to determine whether viable human retinal progenitor cells (hRPCs) could be obtained from cadaveric retinal tissue, to evaluate marker expression by these cells, and to compare hRPCs to human brain progenitor cells (hBPCs)," scientists in the United States report.

"Retinas were dissected from post-mortem premature infants, enzymatically dissociated, and grown in the presence of epidermal growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor. The cells grew as suspended spheres or adherent monolayers, …