A Brighton man has become the first patient at Sussex Eye Hospital to undergo a "pioneering" artificial cornea transplant.

The study was led by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers and surgeons. The researchers reported ...

However, the human eye is a relatively simple optical device with only two elements: the cornea and the crystalline lens. Until recently, we did not have a complete understanding of its optical ...

The cornea is the clear, outermost layer of the eye. Its outer border, the limbus, contains a large volume of healthy stem ...

Researchers successfully pulled off the first eye stem cell transplants to help heal cornea damage, and the results speak for ...

Pioneered by Italian ophthalmologist Benedetto Strampelli in the early 1960s, tooth-in-eye surgery is intended to minimize ...

The study evaluated 14 patients that were treated with cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells (CALEC) and followed ...

DOCTORS found parasites burrowed into a woman's cornea after she made a common mistake while swimming in a pool. Maureen Cronin first thought she had an eyelash stuck in her eye, but the pain ...

More information: Sarah N. Pimple et al, Human Breast Milk Enhances Cellular Proliferation in Cornea Wound Healing, Current Eye Research (2024). DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2024.2374836 ...

The CALEC trial is the first human study of a stem cell therapy ... director of the Cornea Service at Mass Eye and Ear, to explore a new approach for regenerating limbal epithelial cells.

Using human breast milk may enhance the healing of the cornea -- the clear outer layer at the front of the eye, which helps the eye to focus light to help one see clearly, finds a study.

A type of eye injury that caused blindness and was previously believed to be irreversible was cured in human trials using ...