A UK woman’s innocent mistake with her contact lenses led to a horrific outcome: a hole in her right cornea caused by a ...

A cornea transplant, or keratoplasty, is an operation to replace part of the cornea with corneal tissue from a donor. The cornea is the transparent, dome-shaped surface of the eye. Light enters the ...

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 ...

A special meeting was held in Philadelphia for two families linked through an eye-opening transplant. Debbie Krigstein's vision was restored following a cornea transplant, and she got a chance to meet ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A patient initially diagnosed with corneal scarring actually had lipid keratopathy. Piggybacking lenses ‘saved ...

Some diseases can affect the clear section at the front of the eye (the cornea), and in particular the layers that help to maintain its clarity (the endothelium). Instead of a whole corneal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Corneal transplants are costly, often fail in the long term, and have serious risks and lengthy recovery periods ...