News tagged with artificial cornea
Synthetic eye prosthesis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Donor corneas are a rarity: In Germany alone, each year roughly 7,000 patients wait for that miniscule piece of tissue. An implant made of plastic may soon offer patients -- especially those ...
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May 20, 2010 |
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Implanted tooth helps blind US woman recover sight
A 60-year-old US grandmother, blind for nearly a decade, has recovered her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye as a base to hold a tiny plastic lens, her doctors said Wednesday.
Sep 16, 2009 |
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New laser system shows promise for cataract surgery
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine trying to cut by hand a perfect circle roughly one-third the size of a penny. Then consider that instead of a sheet of paper, you're working with a scalpel and a thin, elastic, transparent ...
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Nov 17, 2010 |
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Seeing the world with new eyes: Biosynthetic corneas restore vision in humans
A new study from researchers in Canada and Sweden has shown that biosynthetic corneas can help regenerate and repair damaged eye tissue and improve vision in humans. The results, from an early phase clinical ...
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Aug 25, 2010 |
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Stem cells reverse blindness caused by burns
(AP) -- Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells - a stunning ...
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Jun 23, 2010 |
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Artificial muscles restore ability to blink, save eyesight
(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgeons from UC Davis Medical Center have demonstrated that artificial muscles can restore the ability of patients with facial paralysis to blink, a development that could benefit the thousands ...
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Jan 18, 2010 |
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Brandeis studies evaluate visionary approach to improving eyesight
Joseph Balboni loves sports. An avid tennis player and golfer, as well as baseball fan, the 46-year-old insurance agent became increasingly frustrated over time as his eyesight dimmed due to keratoconus, a degenerative eye ...
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Dec 02, 2009 |
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Reprogramming a patient's eye cells may herald new treatments against degenerative disease
Scientists have overcome a key barrier to the clinical use of stem cells with a technique which transforms regular body cells into artificial stem cells without the need for introducing foreign genetic materials, which could ...
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Corneal transplant technique shows promise in children
For infants and children with blinding diseases of the cornea, a sophisticated new corneal transplantation technique offers the hope of improving vision while overcoming the technical difficulty and low success rate of traditional ...
Jul 15, 2008 |
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New-generation artificial cornea could restore vision for millions worldwide
An improved artificial cornea, which could restore the vision of more than 10 million people worldwide who are blind due to diseased corneas, finally is moving toward reality, scientists in California conclude ...
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May 19, 2008 |
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ISU researcher performs first veterinary corneal implant procedure in US
Sinisa Grozdanic an assistant professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences performed the surgery that restored sight to 7-year-old Dixie, a Mountain Cur breed owned by Brett Williams of Runnells.
May 12, 2008 |
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From cartilage to fruit-fly wings, physicist studies 'squishiness' in everyday things
Cartilage is essential to movement in the human body, cushioning bones and joints, while retaining its shape despite a lot of pressure, poking and prodding. Unfortunately, it also often starts breaking down ...
Apr 16, 2008 |
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