Patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy with particular genetic markers are at higher risk for surgery and vision loss.

Newborns in Minnesota can now be screened for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) deficiency. While there is no cure, treatment can make symptoms and ...

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When a person's cornea is damaged, the injury can deplete the limbal epithelial cells. As a result, the surface of the eye develops permanent damage -- a condition called limbal stem cell deficiency.

“I was born with a rare disease called granular corneal dystrophy. And it’s in both eyes. And I knew that eventually I’d be losing my eyesight. So, I had to live what I call mad ...

WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Sight-robbing injuries to the cornea can be repaired using a groundbreaking experimental stem cell treatment, a new study shows. The cornea -- the clear ...

"It was, I felt like, a pretty big job to stand there and speak for others in our state that are suffering eye and vision problems, blindness. We have a lot of things that we're up against, and it's ...

WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Sight-robbing injuries to the cornea can be repaired using a groundbreaking experimental stem cell treatment, a new study shows. The cornea -- the ...

An expanded clinical trial that tested a groundbreaking, experimental stem cell treatment for blinding cornea injuries found the treatment was feasible and safe in 14 patients who were treated and ...

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A hospice in York has launched a campaign to raise awareness about cornea donation - which can aid people who have sight loss. Nicola Fenton, advanced clinical practitioner at St Leonard’s ...