It seemed like a simple idea. Design a device that will make it possible for a human eye to remain alive and functional outside of the body. At least for a few hours. And then a few days. But the eye ...

Three years ago, Aaron James, a utility lineman, lost half of his face and his arm when he was struck by a high-voltage electrical cable. Last year, the 47-year-old received a face and whole-eye ...

John A. Moran Eye Center scientist Frans Vinberg, PhD, is part of a project bringing together more than 40 scientists, doctors, and industry experts hand-picked from around the country to make ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A patient who underwent a combined whole eye and face transplant maintained globe and retinal perfusion as well ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Ashutosh Agarwal, associate professor of biomedical engineering, holds the eye-ECMO device that his lab created as part of the whole eye transplant project led by Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. The ...

In a groundbreaking procedure, a team of surgeons from New York University Langone Health successfully performed the first combined face and eye transplant on a patient with extensive craniofacial ...

Human stem cell transplants successfully repaired macular holes in a monkey model, researchers report October 3 rd in the journal Stem Cell Reports. After transplantation, the macular holes were ...

For years, UT Southwestern researcher Kevin Park has been working toward what he has described as the “holy grail” of regenerative vision science: a fully functional eye transplant that restores ...

Transplants from human stem cells have successfully closed a hole in part of a monkey's retina, hoping for a similar therapy in humans, according to a study by Japanese researchers. According to the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British and American scientists have restored vision in blind mice by transplanting light-sensitive cells into their eyes in a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments of ...