Four patients regain vision after world's first stem cell corneal transplants
In early November, researchers at Osaka University in Japan published groundbreaking findings in the scientific journal The ...
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World’s first vision-restoring stem cell treatment marks major eye care breakthrough
Three individuals with vision disabilities experienced eyesight improvements after receiving stem-cell transplants targeting ...
Human vision restored by stem cell replacement in regenerative medicine breakthrough
Researchers led by Osaka University in Japan have conducted the first human trial using induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived ...
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Optical Coherence Tomography in Cornea and Refractive Surgery
In cornea and refractive surgery anterior segment OCT (AS-OCT) is used in presurgical planning and postsurgical evaluation. AS-OCT is especially needed in phakic intraocular lens implantation ...
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World’s first stem-cell treatment restores vision for patients with severe corneal damage
In the lab, iPSCs were coaxed into corneal epithelial cell sheets (iCEPS) and transplanted onto the corneas after scar tissue removal. Seven months after surgery, all four patients showed vision ...
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World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people
But the vision gains could also be due to the removal of scar tissue before the transplant, or the transplant triggering the ...
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Glaukos eyes FDA approval for ocular therapy after Phase III win
Photrexa uses a cross-linking procedure, which requires the removal of the outermost layer of the cornea. Epioxa, also referred to as ‘epi-off’ crosslinking, offers an improvement on Photrexa ...