***BULK***World’s Thinnest 3D Printed Cornea Implanted in Jerusalem

World’s Thinnest 3D Printed Cornea Implanted in Jerusalem

Ophthalmologists at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center have achieved a medical breakthrough with the first implant of the thinnest 3D cornea made from synthetic acrylic material and attached to the inside of the patient’s cornea. Read More

Penn Researchers Develop Gene Theraphy That Corrects Dim-light Vision in Dogs

Researchers in the School of Veterinary Medicine and colleagues have developed a gene therapy that restores dim-light vision in dogs with a congenital form of night blindness, offering hope for treating a similar condition in people. Read More

COVID-19 Infects and Replicates in Photoreceptor and Retinal Ganglion Cells of Human Retinal Organoids

There is growing evidence that coronaviruses can enter the retina of the eye, yet it is unclear which retinal structures are infected by SARS-CoV-2 and whether the retinal pathologies identified in COVID-19 patients are a direct or indirect result of retinal infection. Read More