For patients with severe corneal injuries, blindness has often been seen as a life sentence. But a new eye stem cell transplant may change that. Scientists at Massachusetts Eye and Ear have ...

(Siarhei_Fetisenkov/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) An eagerly awaited and controversial clinical trial to 'wind back the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three individuals with profoundly impaired vision who got stem-cell transplants have seen significant improvements in their ...

A participant in a landmark clinical trial has been given a cellular-reprogramming treatment that aims to rejuvenate damaged ...

A new study on glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible blindness, offers a fresh understanding of how the disease progresses and points the way toward new treatments. The study, published today in ...

Scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have discovered that certain retinal cells can rewire themselves when vision begins to deteriorate in ...

Scientists have identified never-before-seen cells in the human eye that could potentially help reverse vision loss caused by common diseases, such as macular degeneration. The researchers discovered ...

Scientists at USC are launching a new trial to test a tiny stem cell implant that could restore vision in people with advanced dry macular degeneration. The hair-thin patch replaces damaged retinal ...

Transplanted autologous corneal stem cells successfully repaired corneal injuries in patients. Over 90% of patients achieved complete or partial success. The procedure proved safe with no serious ...

Meibomian glands secrete lipid-rich meibum, which prevents tear evaporation. Aging-related Meibomian gland shrinkage may result in part from stem cell exhaustion and is associated with evaporative dry ...

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"In vertebrate examples of life-long growth as fishes and amphibians – such stem cells supply the eye with fresh retinal neurons while the animal develops," explains senior author Florian Raible, ...