# EyeCyte

> Evidence-based education about emerging cell, biologic, extracellular-vesicle and regenerative-medicine research in ophthalmology and vision science.

EyeCyte provides educational and scientific information and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Emerging regenerative and biologic technologies discussed on this website may be experimental, investigational, unapproved, or supported only by preclinical evidence. Patients should discuss medical decisions with appropriately licensed healthcare professionals.

Research-Use-Only (RUO) materials referenced on EyeCyte are for laboratory research by qualified professionals only. They are not drugs, biologics or devices approved for human use, are not intended for administration to people, and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate or prevent any disease.

## Conditions
- [Age-Related Macular Degeneration](https://eyecyte.com/conditions/macular-degeneration)
- [Stargardt Disease](https://eyecyte.com/conditions/stargardt-disease)
- [Retinitis Pigmentosa & Inherited Retinal Diseases](https://eyecyte.com/conditions/retinitis-pigmentosa)
- [Diabetic Retinopathy & Diabetic Macular Edema](https://eyecyte.com/conditions/diabetic-retinopathy)
- [Glaucoma](https://eyecyte.com/conditions/glaucoma)
- [Optic Nerve Damage & Optic Neuropathy](https://eyecyte.com/conditions/optic-nerve-damage)
- [Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency & Corneal Damage](https://eyecyte.com/conditions/limbal-stem-cell-deficiency)
- [Dry Eye Disease](https://eyecyte.com/conditions/dry-eye)
- [Uveitis & Ocular Inflammation](https://eyecyte.com/conditions/uveitis)

## Research
- [Stem Cell Research](https://eyecyte.com/research/stem-cells): An overview of the stem and progenitor cell types researchers study in vision science — what they are, how they differ, and how far the research has progressed.
- [Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells (MSCs)](https://eyecyte.com/research/msc): What MSCs are, where they come from, and why researchers study their signaling and immune-modulating activity in the eye.
- [Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs)](https://eyecyte.com/research/ipsc): Adult cells reprogrammed to a pluripotent state, used in research to derive retinal cells and to model inherited eye disease.
- [Stem-Cell-Derived RPE Cells](https://eyecyte.com/research/rpe-cells): Retinal pigment epithelial cells grown from pluripotent stem cells — one of the most studied cell-replacement approaches in retinal research.
- [Retinal Progenitor Cells](https://eyecyte.com/research/retinal-progenitor-cells): Immature retinal cells studied for their potential to support or replace photoreceptors in degenerative retinal disease.
- [Limbal Stem Cells](https://eyecyte.com/research/limbal-stem-cells): The stem cells that maintain the corneal surface; the basis of established surgical approaches for limbal stem cell deficiency.
- [Extracellular Vesicles](https://eyecyte.com/research/extracellular-vesicles): Membrane-bound particles released by cells that carry proteins, lipids and RNA — studied as messengers in cell-to-cell signaling.
- [Exosomes](https://eyecyte.com/research/exosomes): A subtype of extracellular vesicle. Why the terminology matters, and why an exosome should not automatically be described as a treatment.
- [Wharton’s Jelly](https://eyecyte.com/research/whartons-jelly): The gel-like tissue of the umbilical cord, a source of MSCs and extracellular matrix studied in the laboratory.

## Mechanisms
- [Neuroprotection](https://eyecyte.com/mechanisms/neuroprotection): Research on protecting retinal neurons and retinal ganglion cells from degeneration.
- [Ocular Inflammation](https://eyecyte.com/mechanisms/inflammation): How immune signaling contributes to eye disease, and research on modulating it.
- [Angiogenesis](https://eyecyte.com/mechanisms/angiogenesis): The growth of new blood vessels — central to wet AMD and diabetic eye disease.
- [Oxidative Stress](https://eyecyte.com/mechanisms/oxidative-stress): Cellular damage from reactive oxygen species, studied in retinal aging and degeneration.
- [Cell Signaling](https://eyecyte.com/mechanisms/cell-signaling): Paracrine signaling, growth factors, cytokines and microRNA — how cells communicate.
- [Cell Replacement](https://eyecyte.com/mechanisms/cell-replacement): Research on replacing lost cells, such as RPE or photoreceptors, with laboratory-derived cells.

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