Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether trials are occurring to test stem cells as a treatment for macular degeneration.
Stem cell treatments for macular degeneration are in an early experimental phase of development. The National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network has supported a recent study (2015-2019) producing stem cells to treat age-related macular degeneration and the Clinical Research Facility Network have supported 3 studies on macular degeneration and regenerative medicine and therapeutics in the past 5 years.