Sight-robbing injuries to the cornea can be repaired using a groundbreaking experimental stem cell treatment, a new study shows. The cornea -- the clear outermost layer of the eye -- can become irreve ...

Unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) is a type of corneal disease caused by certain injuries that can lead to vision loss. The cornea is the outermost clear layer on the front of the eye. It ...

This depletion is called a limbal stem cell deficiency and it leaves people with a permanently damaged corneal surface, meaning that a typical corneal graft can’t be a lasting treatment (without ...

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

The groundbreaking procedure was developed to help people with injuries like chemical burns that lead to irreversible limbal stem cell deficiency, and the researchers hope the new findings warrant ...

We felt like it was kind of above expectations." The initial study was limited to patients with unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) caused by chemical burns and other serious eye injuries.

The study evaluated 14 patients that were treated with cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells (CALEC) and followed ...

Patients with injuries that were previously considered untreatable have shown improvements in vision following stem cell ...

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

Unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) is a type of corneal disease caused by certain injuries that can lead to vision loss. A new clinical trial is testing a potential new stem cell ...

As a result, the surface of the eye develops permanent damage -- a condition called limbal stem cell deficiency. Worse, this damage can render the eye unfit for cornea replacement surgery ...