Department of Ophthalmology

Valeria Canto-Soler, PhD: Envisioning a Cure for Blindness

Written by CU Anschutz News | March 11, 2023

Valeria Canto-Soler, PhD, and her team have innovated the use of stem cells to successfully grow light-sensing human retinas in petri dishes. At CellSight, she collaborates with a cross-disciplinary team of investigators where they are using this breakthrough technology to develop novel stem cell-based therapeutics to save and restore sight in patients with blinding diseases.