Isolated optic nerve stem, hopes against glaucoma

For the first time, stem cells have been isolated in the optic nerve, the train of nerve fibers that carries the images captured by the eye to the brain.
    The discovery of the neural stem cells of the optic nerve, after 53 experiments, is due to a team from the University of Maryland coordinated by Steven Bernstein and could lead to new treatments for optic nerve diseases, currently incurable and causing permanent vision loss , like the common glaucoma.
    The research was published in the journal Pnas.