Surgeons at Rambam Eye Institute have made medical history. They restored sight to a legally blind patient using a fully 3D printed corneal implant grown entirely from cultured human corneal cells.

In a major breakthrough in human tissue replication, for the first time ever a 3D-printed cornea has been transplanted onto a legally blind patient's eye, successfully restoring their sight. That's ...

Precise Bio has reported the first successful human implantation of its 3D-printed cornea implant, constructed of functional human eye cells cultured in a laboratory. The company described the ...

The eyeball experiences elevated pressure, when you vigorously do eye rubbing. The eye pressure inside your eyes experiences a brief elevation, when you rub your eyes. Even though everyone should ...

The iris is the colored part of the eye that helps control how much light enters the eye. Some health conditions of the iris can cause the pupils to be different sizes or cause the iris to be ...

Scientists are developing a surgery-free alternative to LASIK that reshapes the cornea using electricity instead of lasers. In rabbit tests, the method corrected vision in minutes without incisions. A ...

Carrots, rich in beta-carotene, convert to vitamin A, crucial for vision, especially in low light. While carrots support eye health by aiding retina and cornea function, they primarily prevent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vitreous opacities have many names including vitreous floaters and mouches volantes. Their impact on vision has ...

Eye injuries that damage the cornea are usually irreversible and cause blindness. But a new clinical trial has repaired this damage in patients thanks to a transplant of stem cells from their healthy ...

The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E) has become the first NHS hospital in the south-west of England to perform an artificial cornea transplant, managers say. Jason Maddocks, 54, was the first ...

Doctors classify keratoconus into stages based on how much the cornea has thinned and changed shape. While there are a few staging systems, one common method classifies it from mild to severe.