Today in the scientific press there was information that ophthalmologists from England found the opportunity to control the mechanism of regeneration of the optic nerve. According to the data of similar developments, the obtained result exceeds the existing ones by three to four times. The procedure for restoring vision was performed in rats.

One of the reasons that the affected nerve is incapable of self-healing is the presence of a special protein on its surface. This protein is programmed to stop cell growth. As a result, in the history of science, there are no examples of normalization of vision due to the regeneration of the part of the eye nerve.

However, specialists from Harvard in a series of experiments on the basis of genetic engineering were able to "disconnect" the protein that inhibits cell growth.

As a result, the affected nerve showed an "amazing ability" to recover, said the head of the scientific group Professor Lari Benovitz. Nevertheless, it has not yet been possible to "dock" the new cells of the optic nerve with the pupils of the pupil so that the vision is fully restored.

Lari Benovits believes that now the problem lies in the "exact" combination of cells at the junction of these two organs. Experts came to a common opinion - in case of luck there will be a new methodology for returning eyes to those who have an eye nerve.

Medicus. En.