The first-ever corneal stem-cell transplants in the U.S. proved feasible and safe, allowed patients to receive new corneas, and in some cases improved vision as a solo procedure, a small preliminary ...
Reviewing this Healio | OSN cover story on eye banks prompted me to read again my quite controversial Lindstrom’s Perspective from the July 25, 2017, issue. The interested reader can find this ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The first time Phillip Durst saw the big A on the chart, he could hardly believe it. It was the first in a series of letters to check his vision in his left eye. “They keep flipping the chart and it ...
A special meeting was held in Philadelphia for two families linked through an eye-opening transplant. Debbie Krigstein's vision was restored following a cornea transplant, and she got a chance to meet ...
I am a 74-year-old female who, about 8 years ago, developed glaucoma, and it was kept under control, with the guidance of my eye doctor. A year later, I developed cataracts, and I had successful ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared GenEditBio Limited’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to ...
A retired lecturer from Edinburgh will be able to see Christmas properly for the first time in years after receiving a ...
OSN Cornea/External Disease Board Member Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, and a panel of experts examined a series of unusual ...