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The federal program, THEA (Total Human Eye-allotransplantation Advancement), has been established by the ARPA-H Health Science Futures Office (HSF), to further develop a combination of medical, therapeutic and surgical technologies to advance whole eye transplantation as a cure for blindness in people with ocular-based disease or damage.
Michael G. "Mike" May (born 1954) was blinded by a chemical explosion at the age of 3 but regained partial vision in 2000, at 46, after corneal transplantation and a pioneering stem cell procedure by San Francisco ophthalmologist Daniel Goodman. [12] May had a stem-cell transplant in his right eye in 2001 when he was 47, after 40 years of ...
Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP), also known as "tooth in eye" surgery, [1] is a medical procedure to restore vision in the most severe cases of corneal and ocular surface patients. It includes removal of a tooth from the patient or a donor.
A visual prosthesis, often referred to as a bionic eye, is an experimental visual device intended to restore functional vision in those with partial or total blindness. Many devices have been developed, usually modeled on the cochlear implant or bionic ear devices, a type of neural prosthesis in use since the mid-1980s.
The researchers have also developed a new, minimally invasive method for treating the disease keratoconus, in which the cornea becomes so thin that it can lead to blindness. Transplant usually ...
Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant — although it’s far too soon to know if the man will ever see ...
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Reuters reported that the transplanted eye has "well-functioning blood vessels and a promising-looking retina". [8] The eye is not using the optic nerve to communicate with the brain, and James has not regained sight through the eye. [8] Adult stem cells have been harvested from his bone marrow and been injected into the optic nerve. [8]