Specialists taught barrel mews independently to form a retina

From the barrel mews of mise the Japanese scientists succeeded to create a retina in a laboratory, BBC reports. During an experiment specialists appealed to the barrel mews, because they are able to grow into many tissues of body. At addition of correct mixture of nutritives of mew changed and began raise, forming a retina.

Scientists hope to use this method, in order to create the inexhaustible supply of mews of retina or even valuable retinas for subsequent transplantation. An ultimate goal is constructing of separate eye. For example, it will allow to save hundreds of people from the loss of eyesight because of age-dependent макулярной

Striking, that during the work the Japanese specialists showed, as the grown barrel mews itself it was organized spontaneous character in a difficult form that reminded the developing eye of embryo. A three-dimensional, stratified structure ascended to an eye bowl - part of eyecup extended as a bowl, a retina develops from the walls of that.