The abrasion affects your cornea, which is the clear layer that covers the iris ... in a few days and feel better in 24-48 hours. The cells in that part of your eye multiply very quickly ...

"What happens to the eye when you get UV exposure is that the epithelial layer loses its resilience. Some of it sloughs off," Akpek said. "Sometimes it might slough off fully, and that is very, very, ...

Leveraging this functionality of Fun-IVCM, Downie and Chinnery saw the immune cells moving around through the layers of the cornea, as if patrolling the tissue. This was an unexpected result, since ...

The limbal stem cells normally maintain the outermost layer of the cornea, and their depletion leads to significant visual impairment. Current treatment options for LSCD are limited and typically ...

25 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. Both strains of the herpes ... In about one quarter of cases, the virus penetrates the first layer of the cornea to infect an inner layer, the stroma ...

When John Jolie was a boy, a companion accidentally shot his left eye with a pellet gun. Though the eye was repaired at the time, the injury cast a shadow that today nearly envelopes his vision.

Using human breast milk may enhance the healing of the cornea -- the clear outer layer at the front of the eye, which helps ...

and the immune response of resident corneal cells. Corneal disease in vernal keratoconjunctivitis and atopic keratoconjunctivitis currently requires aggressive treatment with topical steroids.

We explore advancements made in Japan, such as the transplantation of iPS cell-derived corneal cells and retinal sheets. In 2022, doctors in Japan performed a transplant of iPS cell-derived ...