Do crystallin-β-b2-overexpressing NPCs support the survival of injured retinal ganglion cells and photoreceptors in rats?
Crybb2-NPC exert beneficial effects on the vitreoretinal compartment, which suggests that modified crybb2-NPC could be used in a novel strategy for the treatment of degenerative vitreoretinal diseases. However, future studies must determine the safety of in vivo administration of crybb2-NPC.
The present results suggest that the majority of pediatric cochlear implant users are likely to show improved speech perception performance when converting to the new SPEAK processing strategy.