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Amazing. And how biotechnology has quickly evolved to the point that even babies born with this sensory loss condition could see it reversed using stem cells.
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Dezii said he was impressed that the university was seeking to develop both gene and stem cell therapies for patients when most laboratories focus on one or the other. He said the university's multidisciplinary approach, involving everyone from biologists to surgeons to engineers, was also groundbreaking.
Wynn, who has hotels and casinos that bear his name around the world, joked that, "Having your name on a sign is a cool thing." He later made clear that it was the university's idea to have the institute bear his name as a way to bring positive attention and motivate other donors.
At the same, he said he could see himself coming one day to have his photoreceptor cells replaced to restore his vision.
"They've got my cells in the mice!" he said. "There's 100 mice here that had my retinal cells and they are running around."
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