Researchers have, for the first time, acquired optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of the curved layers of a person's cornea with cell-level detail and a large viewing area. The new OCT ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with diabetic retinopathy had significantly reduced concentration of tear progranulin, researchers ...

Nerve damage and a buildup of immune cells in the cornea may be a sign of "long COVID," a long-term syndrome that emerges in some people after COVID-19 infection, a new study suggests. These ...

The new Israeli technology allows for the creation of hundreds of cornea implants from a single donor sample, offering a scalable solution.

A Cedars-Sinai study helps explain why half of diabetes patients experience deterioration of the cornea, the transparent dome ...

A species of a lipid that naturally helps skin injuries heal appears to also aid repair of common corneal injuries, even when other conditions, like diabetes, make healing difficult, scientists report ...

Until recently, researchers could mainly observe the eye cornea through a close microscope contact with living, or dead cells. Many efforts and different methods have been attempted at MIT, Harvard ...

Ricinus communis seed oil, or castor oil, has been used by Indians for various ailments. Ricinoleic acid, either in its salt or ester form, is often used in skin-conditioning agents, emulsion ...

Levi and Jennie Lusko are working with SightLife, the world's largest nonprofit eye bank, to raise funds for cornea transplants worldwide: 'It puts purpose in the pain that we went through' While ...