An 85-year-old woman who has a degenerative eye condition said a vital cornea transplant now means she can care for her ...
Despite what some movies may suggest, it's currently impossible to transplant functional, seeing human eyeballs. Scientists are taking a big step in that direction, however, with the development of an ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A patient who underwent a combined whole eye and face transplant maintained globe and retinal perfusion as well ...
Aaron James, the world’s first patient to undergo a whole eye and partial face transplant, is healthy and thriving more than a year later. In a paper published Monday, James’ doctors at NYU Langone ...
A veteran who received the world's first whole-eye transplant recently traded in his old license plate, featuring his injured face, for a new one showing off his recovery. Utility line worker Aaron ...
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 ...
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 ...
We need to remember a few facts about this study. It was only for eyes with endothelial dysfunction causing corneal edema -- that is, not for keratoconus, stromal dystrophies, or corneal scars. The ...
There’s a new traveling art show in town – and it’s being shown in places that probably aren’t the first anyone would look. Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank – the state’s only eye bank for cornea tissue ...