RSSEye Care News – Newsletter for August 29, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Artificial corneas restore sight for the first time
LONDON – Lab grown artificial corneas have been transplanted into patients’ eyes for the first time, offering hope to millions of partially sighted people.
The new technique involves growing human tissue or collagen in the lab and then shaping it, using a contact lens mould.
Damaged and scarred tissue from the front of the [..] Read the original article: here.