The nonprofit eye bank Eversight has partnered with Emmecell, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, to advance therapies involving donor corneal epithelial cells for treatment of eye disease ...

The corneal epithelial stem cells used in the medicine were obtained from donor tissues from an eye bank. For the clinical trial, Rush identified 17 patients suffering from severe DED, ...

Among all adult somatic stem cells, those of the corneal epithelium are unique in their exclusive location in a defined limbal structure termed Palisades of Vogt. As a result, surgical engraftment ...

LISBON – Repair of inflamed tissues in Stevens-Johnson syndrome or after chemical trauma may be possible with the use of cultivated epithelial stem-cell sheets, according to a researcher ...

Krystal Biotech announced the first patient has been dosed in EMERALD-1, its phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating KB801 for ...

The first-ever corneal stem-cell transplants in the U.S. proved feasible and safe, ... (cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells, or CALEC) that facilitated transplantation without ...

When a person's cornea is damaged, the injury can deplete the limbal epithelial cells. As a result, the surface of the eye develops permanent damage -- a condition called limbal stem cell deficiency.

A new method of adult stem cell growth has demonstrated its efficacy for its capacity to grow cornea stem cells. The scientists demonstrated applying the growth technique in treating diseases of ...

Role Of Stem Cells In Renewing The Cornea Date: October 3, 2008 Source: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Summary: New research shows how the cornea uses stem cells to repair itself.

NEW ORLEANS — Rho kinase inhibitor eyedrops stimulate the growth of corneal epithelium, according to a preliminary study in patients with Fuchs dystrophy. "Think outside the box," said Shigeru ...

Recurrent Epithelial Erosion In some people, these abnormal protein fibers can accumulate under the cornea's outer layer—the epithelium. This can cause erosion of the epithelium. This condition is ...