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CTOnews.com, July 31 (Xinhua)-- it is believed that CTOnews.com 's friends are aware of presbyopia, a common geriatric disease that affects the vision of the elderly. In addition to presbyopia, there is also age-related macular degeneration. Because the symptoms of the two diseases are similar, many people will confuse them.

According to the ▲ source "Materials & Design" website, "age-related macular degeneration" refers to macular degeneration that "controls sharp direct vision" in the retina, resulting in "blurred central visual field" in the human eye, and this "macular degeneration" will damage the retina and damage related cells, resulting in a sharp decline in vision.

Researchers at the University of Anglia Ruskin in the UK have launched a new study to explore the possibility of using nanotechnology to grow fresh cells to replace cells damaged by macular degeneration, according to the website Materials & Design.

According to the ▲ source "Materials & Design" website, the research team used electrospinning technology to pull polymer fluid through an electric field, breaking it into fine fibers and eventually creating nanofiber scaffolds, the first in the world to use 3D nanotechnology to grow retinal cells.

The team found that their scaffolds could improve the growth and differentiation of retinal cells to some extent, and the cultured cells remained healthy and active for up to 150 days.

"in the past, scientists would grow cells on a plane that could only be in a petri dish, but now, using 3D nanotechnology to build scaffolds, cells can thrive in a three-dimensional way, giving cells more room for development," said Barbara Pierscionek, a researcher on the website Materials & Design, a source of ▲ images.

Barbara Pierscionek also said that this new technology is expected to provide a promising solution for visual diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, which can directly "stereoscopically grow" the tissue cells needed, and the research team is now actively exploring how to properly transplant these newly cultivated cells into human eyes.

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