Saving Sight, Testing Faith

Saving Sight, Testing Faith: Two elderly nuns who were losing their eyesight to macular degeneration, which affects about 17 million Americans and is the most common cause of blindness in people over 60. A researcher told the nuns the trial would use cells from human embryos. 'I asked, would that keep you from being in the trial? I got the same response from both: if God gave people the capacity to do this cutting-edge science, then we should.'