Bioengineered Corneas Stand to Cure Blindness For Millions of People Around the World
Cornea transplantation is the most common way of restoring lost sight, but it's a very technical procedure that relies on donors.
Cornea transplantation is the most common way of restoring lost sight, but it's a very technical procedure that relies on donors.
When his wife lost her eyesight, this man turned their dairy farm into a garden of fragrant flowers to bring his wife back from sadness.
59-year-old Connie Park was blind for 15 years, then surgery helped her see her daughter again. Watch them together.
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This phenomenon, known as an 'optical vortex,' creates multiple clear focus points, which allow the lens to focus at different distances.
After just 2 weeks of patients "recharging" their vision with the light, older particpants were shown to experience "significant" ocular improvements.
For millions whose vision is clouded by cataracts, surgery has been the only option-but these natural eyedrops can rid us of the nasty condition.
Inspired by a Navajo teen's joy when he got his first pair of glasses, Joseph Carbone took a leap of faith by quitting his optician business to start Eye Care 4 Kids.
USC researchers are exploring a non-invasive solution that could restore sight to the retina by using sound with ultrasound wearable lens.
The "nanodrops" will undergo human clinical trials later this year. If found to be successful, eyeglasses may become a thing of the past.
Hungarian scientist Botond Roska wins the Kí¶rber Prize for European Science after his gene-therapy treatment cures degenerative blindness.
After receiving gene replacement therapy, an 8-year-old blind boy in Canada is able to see stars and planes for the first time.
Dr. David Sinclair cured Glaucoma and nerve damage in mice, restoring their vision to a youthful state through the process of demethylation.
Iman Noshadi at UC Riverside developed a biocompatible adhesive for corneal repair that could make surgeries affordable, less dangerous, with easier recoveries.
Vuity eye drops can replace reading glasses, as the new FDA approved treatment can help aging eyes with blurry close-up vision.
When 36-year-old Nordia Palmer-Ferguson went to her doctor complaining of blurred vision, headaches, pressure and swelling in her left eye, little did she know she was facing the possibility of blindness, or even death. After other surgeons gave up, the ingenious solution of an ophthalmologist and professor at Cornell, not only saved life, but restored her sight.
When 36-year-old Nordia Palmer-Ferguson went to her doctor complaining of blurred vision, headaches, pressure and swelling in her left eye, little did she know she was facing the possibility of blindness, or even death. After other surgeons gave up, the ingenious solution of an ophthalmologist and professor at Cornell, not only saved life, but restored her sight.
If this Florida woman had not noticed the milky white film covering the eyes of a large bird-of-prey, it may have not been able to survive. Hear the heartwarming story of rescue and release.
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