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

Paul Laskey, a plumber and heating engineer from Newcastle, suffered a severe chemical burn to his left eye in February 2023. Mr Laskey’s son was robbed at knife point. When Mr Laskey tried to ...

PURPOSE: Chemical burns with calcium containing corrosives as well as irrigation with phosphate buffer solutions after eye burns bear the risk of corneal calcification. The aim of this study was ...

A new stem cell therapy has repaired blinding damage to the cornea in 93% of patients in an early clinical trial. However, severe injuries, such as those caused by chemical burns or infections, can ...

A TikTok video has become a cautionary tale – one of many that often go viral in hopes of warning people about a dangerous trend.

The cornea is the outermost clear layer on the front of the ... An allogenic approach may benefit patients who have sustained an injury, like a chemical burn, in both eyes.” MNT had the opportunity to ...

When a person suffers a cornea injury, such as a chemical burn, infection or other trauma, it can deplete the limbal epithelial cells, which can never regenerate. The resulting limbal stem cell ...

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

A new stem cell therapy has repaired blinding damage to the cornea in 93% of patients in an early clinical trial. However, severe injuries, such as those caused by chemical burns or infections ...