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 ...

CLEVELAND - One year post-surgery, patients who underwent Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) experienced greater cell loss overall compared to those who underwent ...

HOUSTON — Patients in Houston are some of the first in the country to be offered a new kind of corneal transplant as part of a clinical trial. The cornea is the clear outer layer at the front of your ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — An El Paso doctor introduced the Corneal Tissue Addition Keratoplasty procedure at Buena Vista Eye Care to restore vision. Renowned ophthalmologist Dr. Ruben Ramirez ...

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 ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Keeping our vision strong is important throughout life. Conditions like keratoconus, though, can cause vision to decline. “The cornea is important to be clear,” said Dr. Luke Barker of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Corneal transplants are costly, often fail in the long term, and have serious risks and lengthy recovery periods ...

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (UPI) --A patient who underwent the world's first whole-eye and partial-face transplant has healed astonishingly well more than a year after the 21-hour surgery, a new report says.

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 ...