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News items on 'Corneal Problems'
New op lets gran see family after 30 years
(The Scotsman 23/06/2009)
Jean Black, who is 69, has only been able to make out vague shapes and colours since her thirties, when she developed Fuchs' dystrophy which leads to the corneas of the eye becoming clouded. Now she has become one of the first people to benefit from a new kind of transplant which replaces only the diseased section of the cornea. Within days of the procedure, Mrs Black, was able to see her grandchildren and great-grandchildren clearly for the first time.
Stem cell eye surgery to be tried
(BBC 19/01/2009)
A new surgical treatment offering hope to patients with corneal blindness is to be trialled in Scotland. About 20 patients will take part in the initial tests, using cells cultivated before being transplanted onto the surface of the cornea. Millions of people worldwide suffer from corneal blindness, 80% of whom are elderly.
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