The cornea is the clear layer on the front of your eye that helps focus light so you can see clearly. If it gets damaged, you might need to have it replaced. The surgeon will remove all or part of ...

ORLANDO -- Receiving corneal tissue from donors with and without diabetes didn't negatively affect patients who underwent Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK), a form of partial corneal ...

A corneal transplant is a routine surgical procedure that replaces a damaged cornea with a healthy one from a donor. The cornea is the thin, transparent membrane that sits in front of the iris and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS — With an international shortage of donor corneal tissue, a procedure that uses a patient’s own ...

CLEVELAND - A new predictor of cornea transplant success has been identified by the Cornea Donor Study (CDS) Investigator Group. New analysis of data from the 2008 Specular Microscopy Ancillary Study ...

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have demonstrated the potent therapeutic effects of administration of the neuropeptide α-melanocyte–stimulating hormone (α-MSH) through melanocortin receptor ...

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 ...

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

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is also a technique of Descemet’s stripping only/descemetorhexis without endothelial keratoplasty, in ...

Corneal transplantation is a procedure that involves the repair of a damaged or diseased cornea with healthier cadaver tissue. This is called allotransplantation which refers to the transplantation of ...