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'In that moment, that was everything to me': Patient describes joy of regaining vision in 1 eye after new stem cell therapy
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Nick Kharufeh was blinded in his left eye after a fireworks accident left him blind in one eye.
A new stem cell therapy for patients with corneal damage was found to be effective in 93% of patients.
The therapy works by taking stem cells from a patient's healthy eye, growing them into sheets of cells in the lab and then transplanting them into the damaged eye.
Emily Cooke was named one of MHP Communications' 30 journalists to watch under 30 in 2018 .
She holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Durham University and a master's in clinical and therapeutic neuroscience from Oxford University .
She has worked in science communication, medical writing and as a local news reporter.
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