Researchers are developing a 3D-printed transparent, biocompatible corneal implant that can seamlessly and permanently repair ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NovaBay Pharmaceuticals announced the launch of a prescription optic allograft for protecting the ocular surface ...

A patient presents to our resident ophthalmology clinic with a 1-day history of a nail piercing his eye while doing construction work. Fortunately, the trauma is not high speed and the damage is ...

A new cornea may be the only way to prevent a patient going blind -- but there is a shortage of donated corneas and the queue for transplantation is long. Scientists have for the first time ...

Constant shortages of donated corneas have led researchers in Sweden and Spain to cue in on cultivating "epithelial cells" that keeps the cornea in its transparent form. While Swedish scientists have ...

Corneal scarring can be caused by complications from lasik surgery, by infections that develop under contact lenses or by accidents. In general, the recommended approach to repairing corneal scarring, ...

Many eye banks won't accept corneas from donors with diabetes, concerned they might be harder to prepare for transplant ...

The lens of the eye is an unusual organ. Unlike most of the body's organs, blood vessels don't reach the lens. If they did, they'd obscure our vision and we wouldn't be able to see. The lack of ...