Also, it was shown recently that in the rabbit cornea the epithelium is the source of an active sodium transport system, and the endothelium shows only a passive behaviour in relation to the ...

A freak accident changed Nick Kharufeh’s life. He thought his vision might be gone forever, but a breakthrough in Boston is ...

Corneal epithelial ingrowth (EI) is a rare but significant complication following small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery. Although this refractive procedure offers several advantages ...

Although cigarette smoke significantly inflames the corneal epithelium—causing redness, tearing, and serving as a risk factor for glaucoma, cataracts, and other ocular diseases—there are still few ...

Such epithelial cells regenerate naturally, unlike their endothelial counterparts, but the healing process is painful, lengthy and can result in lifelong vision degradation due to corneal scarring ...

Researchers successfully pulled off the first eye stem cell transplants to help heal cornea damage, and the results speak for themselves.

limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD), which prevents the renewal of the corneal epithelium, eventually leading to incurable corneal damage; and corneal neovascularization, a process in which blood ...

The cornea is the clear, outermost layer of the eye. It’s outer border, the limbus, contains a large volume of healthy stem cells called limbal epithelial cells, which maintain the eye’s ...

One eye with membranous keratoconjunctivitis with symblepharon showed resolution of corneal epithelial defect on the seventh day. The ocular surface healed completely with no symblepharon at the ...

Corneal abrasions in diabetic patients have ... None of these patients displayed any significant epithelial complications, and all ended up with a postoperative visual acuity (VA) of 20/20.