A special meeting was held in Philadelphia for two families linked through an eye-opening transplant. Debbie Krigstein's ...

"Corneal blindness is one of the leading causes of vision loss, affecting about 10 million people worldwide each year," says ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There was exciting news Tuesday, for people who have a serious eye condition that could lead to blindness. The new technique could prevent the need for a cornea transplant, and ...

The common form of tissue transplant is the corneal transplant. Corneal transplantation is performed to correct visual loss that has occurred when the cornea, the transparent structure forming the ...

As scary as it might sound, cornea transplant surgery is actually very safe. Advances in the past 10 years have even allowed eye surgeons to shorten recovery time for some procedures from six months ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 54-year-old man was referred in late 2014 for a consultation for corneal transplant surgery in the left eye.

Ben Cronin is losing his sight and is encouraging people to consider donating their corneas when they die [Ben Cronin/NHSBT] An eye patient says his life has been put on hold because he is one of ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A novel cell transplantation method to treat corneal endothelial diseases such as bullous keratopathy using a nano-composite gel sheet developed by Japanese scientists was ...

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 ...

Advancing Sight Network and Miracles In Sight today jointly announced the merger of the two organizations, which will begin ...

An ophthalmologist at Wilford Hall Medical Center recently performed a unique procedure to restore a patient's vision. Lt. Col. (Dr.) Charles Reilly completed a partial cornea transplant using a type ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Current eye banking practices allow for ...