Your cornea, the eye’s outermost layer, is vital for clear vision. It relies on a steady supply of limbal epithelial stem ...

For patients with severe corneal injuries, blindness has often been seen as a life sentence. But a new eye stem cell transplant may change that. Scientists at Massachusetts Eye and Ear have ...

A new stem cell therapy has repaired blinding damage to the cornea in 93% of patients in an early clinical trial. However, severe injuries, such as those caused by chemical burns or infections, can ...

Tersigni Vision has published new guidance addressing a common concern among individuals considering vision correction: whether LASIK remains possible after a corneal scratch or other eye injury. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is a new treatment for damaged corneas called cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells, or CALEC. File Photo by ...

An experimental stem cell therapy could help reverse corneal damage in people with a vision-threatening eye condition. Image credit: daliloveart/Getty Images. The cornea is the outermost clear layer ...

An expanded clinical trial that tested an experimental stem cell treatment for blinding cornea injuries found the treatment was feasible and safe in 14 patients who were treated and followed for 18 ...

What could have been a great day for actress Swastika Dutta as she was shooting for Aritra Mukherjee's Bhanupriya Bhooter Hotel, turned out to be a horrific nightmare, as she ended up having a corneal ...

An experimental stem cell therapy can successfully treat blinding cornea damage The therapy kick-starts the eye’s ability to maintain its smooth surface Cells are taken from a person’s healthy eye, ...