The first successful human implant of a 3D-printed cornea made from human eye cells cultured in a laboratory has restored a ...

Medical history made as surgeons successfully restore sight to legally blind patient using world's first 3D printed corneal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Remarkable advances have occurred in corneal surgery in the past 10 years. These advances include simpler ...

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is an eye condition that leads to blindness and can currently only be addressed with surgery. A team led by research hospital Massachusetts Eye and Ear and German ...

Many eye banks won’t accept corneas from donors with diabetes, concerned they might be harder to prepare for transplant surgery or are more likely to fail. “We also found the severity of the donor’s ...

Having cataract surgery these days has been streamlined in comparison to the ordeal it was years ago. Many years ago, cataracts were removed in a hospital setting and the patient during post-op had to ...

Imagine correcting your vision in under a minute – no lasers, blades or pain. Scientists have developed a novel, non-invasive technique that reshapes the cornea using only a mild electric current and ...

HYDERABAD: According to a recent study conducted by doctors at L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in Hyderabad, cornea implants made from pig tissues might offer a new treatment option for patients with ...

When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen during a Christmas basketball game. It was a drug he had taken before, but what happened next was anything but routine: He had a severe reaction that ...

The FDA has recently approved an Israeli-made synthetic eye tissue substitute, providing a solution to the worldwide shortage of donor tissue. CorNeat Vision, an Israeli startup, has developed the ...