Current management may not completely restore the functions and structure of the ocular surface (Figure 2B). Future developments promise restoration and regeneration of the ocular surface (Figure 2C).

Your cornea, the eye’s outermost layer, is vital for clear vision. It relies on a steady supply of limbal epithelial stem ...

The cornea is the clear, outermost layer of the eye. Its outer border, the limbus, contains a large volume of healthy stem ...

In vivo laser axotomy of a single subbasal fiber (SBF) in an adult mouse. The Ocular Neurobiology laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences, a joint center of Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in ...

Ocular surface discomfort can be problematic after cataract surgery. Italian researchers tested the use of cyclosporine A 0.1 ...

Results from a phase 1/2 clinical trial of a novel stem cell treatment for cornea injuries found 14 patients treated and tracked for 18 months had a more than 90% success rate at restoring the ...

Eye injuries that damage the cornea are usually irreversible and cause blindness. But a new clinical trial has repaired this ...

A new stem cell therapy has repaired blinding damage to the cornea in 93% of patients in an early clinical trial.

“After a brief recovery, the stem cell graft replenishes the limbal stem cells and restores the cornea’s surface. At this point, a patient can undergo a cornea transplant, or in the case of ...