A nasal spray therapy may provide postsurgical management of dry eye disease without the need for additional drops or punctal plugs.

Lasik is a popular type of corrective eye surgery that can eliminate your need to wear eyeglasses or contact lenses by using a laser or a blade plus a laser to make a thin flap in the cornea. You'll ...

This procedure involves reshaping the cornea, the eye’s clear front surface, to improve how light focuses on the retina.

[1] Photorefractive surgery compromises the sensory nerve supply of the cornea, resulting in impaired sensation. Decreased afferent input to the lacrimal functional unit results in decreased tear ...

Lopez refused. “I went for a walk,” he said. Even without Lopez’s help, the eye bank that procures corneas from deceased donors in Wyoming and Colorado eventually collected his friend’s corneas, Lopez ...

The application of iPSC technology has been explored for conditions such as neural diseases affecting the brain, spinal cord, and retina—where graft availability is scarce—as well as in advanced ...

The ophthalmic nerve is the first branch of the trigeminal nerve, which is also known as the fifth cranial nerve. The ophthalmic nerve supplies sensory innervation to the structures of the eye, ...

Normally, your cornea — the clear outer lens or "windshield" of your eye — has a dome shape, like a ball. Sometimes, the structure isn’t strong enough to hold its round shape and bulges ...

In a pioneering study, stem-cell-derived corneal implants improve sight for patients with severe vision impairment, offering a potential breakthrough for treating limbal stem cell deficiency.