He praised the NYU team’s “audacity” in even aiming for optic nerve repair and hopes the transplant will spur more research. “We’re really on the precipice of being able to do this ...

Traumatic optic neuropathy is visual loss caused by trauma to the optic nerve. Injuries, classified as direct or indirect, are also characterized by location. Intracanalicular optic nerve injury ...

"We're making great progress in the treatments to promote optic nerve regeneration that could accompany eye transplant," Jeffrey Goldberg, who is leading similar efforts at the Byers Eye Institute ...

Examination of the ocular fundus of both eyes after pharmacologic mydriasis revealed bilateral, mildly hyperemic, swollen optic discs with edema of the nerve fiber layer that obscured their ...