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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 ...

After a freak accident left him blind and in agony, Phil Durst thought hope was lost. Then, a world-first stem cell trial ...

Researchers use single-cell analysis to show how transplanted neural stem cells interact with the retina to preserve vision in retinitis pigmentosa.

Diabetes is one of the most pressing health concerns of our time, and now Swedish scientists have demonstrated a new potential way to manage the disease. It turns out the eye might be a useful place ...

Cell and gene therapies for degenerative eye diseases are still a long way off, but they have the potential to make a transformative difference to people’s lives. Vision impairment and loss caused by ...

In a new study published in Cell Death & Disease, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan found functional ...

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It was the Fourth of July in 2020 when Nick Kharufeh’s life changed. Just 23 at the time, he was at a family party when an errant firework struck his left eye. It wasn’t painful, but he couldn’t see ...

Researchers took stem cells from the healthy eyes of patients who had suffered a chemical burn in their other eye. They then transplanted the stem cells into the injured eye. Veronique Beranger via ...

Phil Durst recalled clawing at his face after a chemical from a commercial dishwashing machine squirted into his eyes, causing “the most indescribable pain I’ve ever felt — ever, ever, ever.” His left ...