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Serious diseases affecting the transparent part of the eye, called the cornea, are very difficult to treat because this structure lacks blood vessels and has little capacity for regeneration and repair. Many patients with ...
Mar 10, 2026
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Millions of Americans have altered vision, ranging from blurriness to blindness. But not everyone wants to wear prescription glasses or contact lenses. Accordingly, hundreds of thousands of people undergo corrective eye surgery ...
Aug 18, 2025
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An expanded clinical trial that tested an experimental stem cell treatment for blinding cornea injuries found the treatment was feasible and safe in 14 patients who were treated and followed for 18 months, and there was a ...
Mar 4, 2025
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Three years ago, Aaron James, a utility lineman, lost half of his face and his arm when he was struck by a high-voltage electrical cable.
Sep 30, 2024
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The combination of polihexanide (PHMB) and propamidine is safe and effective for treating the rare sight-threatening eye infection Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), according to a study recently published in Ophthalmology.
Dec 9, 2023
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Surgeons have performed the world's first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant—although it's far too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left eye.
Nov 12, 2023
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A new study has found there is significant scope to increase the number of eye donations from patients cared for in hospice and palliative care settings—donations which are desperately needed for sight-restoring surgeries.
Nov 2, 2023
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A team led by researchers from Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, reports the results of a phase I trial of a revolutionary stem cell treatment called cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cell transplantation ...
Aug 18, 2023
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Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy, a degenerative eye disease, causes progressive vision loss that can induce blindness. It is the leading cause of corneal transplantation, but the scarcity of grafts hinders its treatment. ...
Apr 14, 2023
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A cornea transplant, or keratoplasty, is an operation to replace part of the cornea with corneal tissue from a donor. The cornea is the transparent, dome-shaped surface of the eye. Light enters the eye through the cornea.
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