This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

March 12 -- Approximately 36 million people in the United States wear contact lenses. Of these, more than 25,000 develop contact lens-related corneal infections each year. Such infections can lead to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On stage at OSN New York, experts discussed several unique corneal cases. These cases included a fungal ...

Could bacteria replace your eye drops? Mice study says maybe In A Nutshell Researchers engineered a naturally occurring eye bacterium to secrete an anti-inflammatory healing protein directly on the ...

Three patients developed fungal keratitis infections linked to laser eye surgery at a single ophthalmology clinic, and one required a corneal transplant. The culprit was Purpureocillium lilacinum, an ...

A drug candidate has been found to be highly effective in treating a rare sight-threatening eye infection in a new international clinical trial. A drug candidate, based on pioneering UCL and ...

Sir Elton John recently revealed on ABC's Good Morning America that he lost the sight in his right eye after suffering from an eye infection. With poor vision in his left eye too, John said. "It's ...

What topical and systemic antibiotics are recommended for corneal infection caused by staphylococci or Pseudomonas? —Param S. Fagoora, MD, Fresno, Calif. Bacterial keratitis is most commonly caused by ...

The eye has three coats (sclera–cornea, uvea, and retina) and two humors (aqueous and vitreous). The conjunctiva covers the visible portion of the sclera (bulbar conjunctiva) and lines the eyelids ...