The cornea is the dome-shaped window to the eye and needs to be smooth and regular shaped to see well. In certain conditions, the cornea has areas that become weak. When this occurs, the cornea starts ...

In addition to photophobia and glare sensitivity, aniridia can lead to blindness and other complications such as cataracts, glaucoma, or corneal abnormalities. "Aniridia means 'lack of iris,' but ...

In these instances, the cornea is permanently damaged, resulting in blindness in the affected eye. Patients with this type of eye damage can't be treated with regular corneal transplants because ...

"Our first trial in four patients showed that CALEC was safe and the treatment was possible," said principal investigator Ula Jurkunas, MD, associate director of the Cornea Service at Mass Eye and ...