Cultivated Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients suffering from LSCD IIa and IIb. Those suffering from IIc may be included once inflammation has subsided and cornea can be staged as IIb. * Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial. * Women of child-bearing potential should use adequate contraception prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects who are pregnant or lactating * Subjects who have sensitivity to drugs that provide local anesthesia * Subjects suffering from active infection of the external eye * Medical conditions that prohibit the use of systemic immunosuppression (in cases of allogenic transplantation)