Method for rescuing endogenous cone photoreceptor population

摘要

Method for rescuing the endogenous cones of the eye of an individual afflicted with an inherited or acquired disease which is causing a dysfunction of the individual's endogenous rods. In the method, a rod-containing graft is transplanted to a position in the individual's eye from which the transplanted rods can exert a trophic influence upon the endogenous cones. Preferably the rod-containing graft has the same organization and cellular polarity as is present in a normal outer nuclear layer.