Researchers and entrepreneurs have developed an implant made of collagen protein from pig's skin, which resembles the human cornea. In a pilot study, the implant restored vision to 20 people with ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared GenEditBio Limited’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to ...

Patients who experience adverse ocular effects with bisphosphonates have a notably higher risk for osteonecrosis than those who do not experience such events, a large cohort study shows.

Studying mice, researchers have found that proteins made by stem cells to help regenerate the cornea may become new targets for treating and preventing injuries to the cornea related to dry eye ...

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 ...

Signs and symptoms of ocular surface disease could be significantly reduced within 4 days after treatment with shelf-stable ...

VIVIAN Nosovitsky lost vision in her right eye after it was “eaten away” by a parasite she caught “on the bus”. The ...

Dry eye disease significantly impacts the reliability of corneal curvature measurements, affecting clinical decisions in refractive surgery and contact lens fitting. The study tested five devices, ...

Accomplished industry leader Robert J. Dempsey brings extensive commercialization and ophthalmic expertise Gary S. Jacob, Ph.D., will transition ...

If you can see by simply slipping on a pair of glasses, or if you don’t need glasses or contact lenses at all, the gift of sight is something we can easily take for granted. For millions of people ...

If your eyes are often dry and itchy, there could be many causes. Issues like dry air and dehydration are common causes of dry eyes. But chronic dry eyes could be caused by an ocular surface disease ...

A cross-disciplinary University of Waterloo team has developed a new contact lens material that could act as a bandage for corneal wounds while releasing drugs in a controlled manner to help the eye ...