Fungal keratitis and other infectious corneal diseases remain a significant threat to vision worldwide. These conditions, caused by a variety of pathogens including fungi, bacteria, viruses and ...

A Cedars-Sinai study helps explain why half of diabetes patients experience deterioration of the cornea, the transparent dome-shaped outer layer of the eye that provides protection and focuses ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Neuropathy and inflammation work together to drive common manifestations of corneal disease. Early intervention ...

Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome is a rare eye diseases that causes swelling inside the cornea and changes in the iris (the colored part of your eye). Because Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome causes ...

The National Institutes of Health has renewed its funding of eye disease research led by Mark D. Parker, PhD, associate professor of physiology and biophysics. The National Eye Institute is funding a ...

Studying mice, researchers have found that proteins made by stem cells to help regenerate the cornea may become new targets for treating and preventing injuries to the cornea related to dry eye ...

Her five-year, $1.8 million R01 grant titled “Corneal Endothelium – Extracellular Matrix Interactions” is from the National Eye Institute. The cornea is a clear dome on the front of the eye that helps ...

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 ...

Precise Bio has reported the first successful human implantation of its 3D-printed cornea implant, constructed of functional ...

If your eyes are often dry and itchy, there could be many causes. Issues like dry air and dehydration are common causes of dry eyes. But chronic dry eyes could be caused by an ocular surface disease ...

DUBLIN, Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Artificial Cornea and Corneal Implant Market by Type (Human Cornea, Artificial Cornea), Transplant Type (Penetrating Keratoplasty, Endothelial Keratoplasty), ...