After a freak accident left him blind and in agony, Phil Durst thought hope was lost. Then, a world-first stem cell trial changed everything.

Cornea disease and refractive surgery specialist, Majid Moshirfar, M.D., F.A.C.S., of the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah performed the first ever laser-based cornea transplant in ...

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 ...

A Conception Bay South man says the estimated five-year wait time for cornea transplants in Newfoundland and Labrador — one of only two provinces without an organ bank for eye tissue — is far too long ...

Nov. 28—ANDERSON — Cloudy vision could be caused by an array of things, some benign, some not. For 65-year-old Mike Dauss, it was the latter. An abnormality was discovered during an annual eye exam in ...

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Caused by bacterial infections or diseases such as keratoconus, thinning of the cornea can lead to blindness if not addressed. An experimental new injectable material could help keep that from ...

If you can see by simply slipping on a pair of glasses, or if you don’t need glasses or contact lenses at all, the gift of sight is something we can easily take for granted. For millions of people ...

Sun Chi-chin (孫啟欽), deputy superintendent of Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, said about 40,000 people in Taiwan are affected by keratoconus, with fewer than half receiving treatment, raising the ...

A new study comparing Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) with penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), a more established procedure for cornea transplant, suggests that potential ...