News tagged with donor cornea
1 donor cornea, 2 patients helped
German researcher Claus Cursiefen, MD, also affiliated with Harvard School of Medicine, reports good results with a new surgical strategy that uses a single donor cornea to help two patients with differing corneal diseases. ...
Feb 01, 2011 |
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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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Donor age, tissue preservation techniques not associated with corneal transplant failure
Neither the age of the donor nor the length of time or method by which a transplanted cornea is preserved appear to be associated with graft failure 20 years after corneal transplant, according to a report in the April issue ...
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Apr 12, 2010 |
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Cornea cell density predictive of graft failure at 6 months post-transplant
A new predictor of cornea transplant success has been identified by the Cornea Donor Study (CDS) Investigator Group. New analysis of data from the 2008 Specular Microscopy Ancillary Study (SMAS), a subset of the CDS, found ...
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Jan 11, 2010 |
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Free radicals in cornea may contribute to Fuchs dystrophy, most common cause of corneal transplants
Scientists have found that free radicals (unstable molecules that cause the death of cells as the body ages) may also cause the damage in the eyes of patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a hereditary ...
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Jan 31, 2011 |
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New cause of blindness discovered by scientists
University of Manchester scientists have discovered a new cause of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that affects more than 50 million people worldwide and results in blindness.
Sep 21, 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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Study finds new key to corneal transplant success
Although it is already one of medicine's most successful transplant procedures, doctors continue to seek ways to improve corneal transplants. Now, for the first time, a team of German and British researchers have confirmed ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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New tool may help improve organ donation rates
A new tool may help neurologists predict which coma patients may be candidates for organ donation, according to a study published in the April 27, 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academ ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Newer cornea transplant surgery shows short- and long-term promise
One year post-surgery, patients who underwent Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) experienced greater cell loss overall compared to those who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), according ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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On the cutting edge: Zigzag incision technique improves outcome of laser-assisted corneal transplantation
(PhysOrg.com) -- For most of the 40,000 Americans who undergo corneal transplants each year, recovery is uncomfortable and slow, sometimes taking as long as six months. Even then, clear vision may not be fully ...
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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Laser surgery does not appear to have long-term effects on corneal cells
Laser eye surgery to correct vision problems does not appear to be associated with lasting changes to cells lining the inside of the cornea at nine years after the procedure, according to a report in the November issue of ...
Nov 09, 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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Gene signal GS-101 data shows safe and effective inhibition of ophthalmic blood vessel growth
Gene Signal, a company focused on developing innovative drugs to manage angiogenesis based conditions, today announced the publication of interim results from a phase II study suggesting that the antisense oligonucleotide ...
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Sep 01, 2009 |
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