Ocata Therapeutics Inc fka OCAT

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$ACTC's 75-year-old Kansas Rancher RPE treated Patient

http://thepenngazette.com/the-lightning-rod/

The 75-year-old man, a horse rancher from Kansas, could barely see. Macular degeneration had faded his sight in one eye to 20/400 by the time he enrolled in a clinical trial. Doctors injected retinal pigment epithelium cells, made in a lab from embryonic stem cells, into his bad eye. One month after treatment, he was no longer legally blind. His vision had improved to 20/40. He could ride his horses again.

When Lanza saw him last year, the rancher was crying. He gave Lanza a hug, then quickly said he’d never hugged another man before. But he couldn’t help himself. According to Lanza, stem cells had saved the man’s sight. “We’re not supposed to use the term miracle patient,” Lanza says, “but …”