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Detailed explanation-1: -In the latest procedure, performed on a man from the Hyogo prefecture of Japan, skin cells from an anonymous donor were reprogrammed into iPS cells and then turned into a type of retinal cell, which was in turn transplanted onto the retina of the patient, who has age-related macular degeneration.

Detailed explanation-2: -A surgical team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) successfully implanted a patch of tissue made from autologous induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to treat advanced “dry” age-related macular degeneration, the agency announced last week.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1958 the French oncologist, Georges Mathé, performed the first stem cell transplantation of bone marrow grafts to save six nuclear researchers who were accidentally exposed to radiation.

Detailed explanation-4: -1958 The first therapy using stem cells was a bone marrow transplant performed by French oncologist Georges Mathé on five workers at the Vinča Nuclear Institute in Yugoslavia who had been affected by a criticality accident. The workers all survived.