Most small corneal abrasions heal on their own in a few days and feel better in 24-48 hours. The cells in that part of your eye multiply very quickly, but larger scrapes may take longer to heal.

When John Jolie was a boy, a companion accidentally shot his left eye with a pellet gun. Though the eye was repaired at the time, the injury cast a shadow that today nearly envelopes his vision.

For the ninth consecutive year, organ donations in Indiana have reached a record high, with more than 1,388 donated organs.

A woman in Japan with a corneal disease has become the first person in the world to receive a corneal transplant made from induced pluripotent stem cells, according to a team of researchers led by ...

The rationale for the study was anecdotal reports of the effects of breast milk used by mothers to treat blocked tear ducts, ...

Without transplant donor ... cells on the front of the cornea. Such epithelial cells regenerate naturally, unlike their endothelial counterparts, but the healing process is painful, lengthy ...

A research team from the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, China, has developed a novel biocompatible nanoadhesive for ...

A corneal transplant is the replacement of an injured or diseased cornea with a donor cornea. Donor corneas come from individuals who have died and donated their corneas or their whole eyes. Over ...

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 ...

We explore advancements made in Japan, such as the transplantation of iPS cell-derived corneal cells and retinal sheets. In 2022, doctors in Japan performed a transplant of iPS cell-derived ...