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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

New hope to restore lost vision

Biosynthetic corneas help restore light--and sightIn development for more than a decade, biosynthetic corneas implanted in 10 Swedish patients over a two-year clinical trial are...
CNET (blog) ( 8/25/2010 4:15:42 PM -08:00 )

Synthetic corneas prove successful
The collagen-based implants could be an alternative to cadaver corneas. A preliminary test shows that they restored vision as effectively as the latter and...
Los Angeles Times ( 8/25/2010 3:16:57 PM -08:00 )

Study Restores Damaged Corneas
AP Scientists have created a new kind of artificial cornea, inserting a sliver of collagen into the eye, coaxing the eye's own natural corneal cells to...
Wall Street Journal ( 8/25/2010 2:37:25 PM -08:00 )

Collagen-created corneas successful
By staff writers CORNEAL implants made from human collagen not only improves eyesight in most patients, but also regenerates cells and tissues in the cornea...
Herald Sun ( 8/25/2010 2:32:45 PM -08:00 )

Biosynthetic Corneas Show Promise in Transplants
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Swedish scientists report that they've successfully implanted "biosynthetic" corneas in 10 patients,...
BusinessWeek ( 8/25/2010 1:31:47 PM -08:00 )

Restoring sight with new type of artificial cornea
WASHINGTON — Scientists have created a new kind of artificial cornea, inserting a sliver of collagen into the eye that coaxes its own natural corneal cells...
The Associated Press ( 8/25/2010 1:25:58 PM -08:00 )

First Biosynthetic Corneas Implanted
Aug. 25, 2010 -- Corneas made in the lab using genetically engineered human collagen could restore sight to millions of visually impaired...
WebMD ( 8/25/2010 11:28:51 AM -08:00 )

New hope to restore lost vision
Corneas made in the laboratory have markedly improved the sight of 10 Swedish patients with significant vision loss....
BBC News ( 8/25/2010 10:43:14 AM -08:00 )

Eyes on the prize; Ottawa research making waves with fake corneas
OTTAWA — Artificial corneas developed by a University of Ottawa scientist have shown promising results in...
Montreal Gazette ( 8/25/2010 10:24:38 AM -08:00 )

Canadian scientists envision synthetic corneas
Canadian researchers may have made a breakthrough in the treatment of blindness caused by damaged corneas. They've developed a biosynthetic cornea that can...
CTV.ca ( 8/25/2010 10:20:42 AM -08:00 )

Scientists use synthetic corneas to restore vision
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in Canada and Sweden have used laboratory-made biosynthetic corneas to restore vision to patients in a small...
Reuters ( 8/25/2010 10:08:30 AM -08:00 )

Biosynthetic cornea implant in humans is a resounding success
Biosynthetic cornea implant in humans is a resounding successScientists have successfully implanted a biosynthetic alternative to the human cornea in the first clinical study of it's kind. The research, published in...
Nature.com (blog) ( 8/25/2010 10:05:48 AM -08:00 )

Artificial corneas restore vision
Biosynthetic artificial corneas created from human collagen have been used to restore vision in partially-blind patients. The implants led to a significant...
The Press Association ( 8/25/2010 10:04:27 AM -08:00 )

Lab-made corneas offer hope
Lab-made corneas offer hopeMay Griffith displays a biosynthetic cornea that can be implanted into the eye to repair damage and restore sight. (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)...
CBC.ca ( 8/25/2010 10:00:52 AM -08:00 )

Artificial corneas restore sight for the first time
Artificial corneas restore sight for the first timeArtificial corneas grown in the laboratory have been transplanted into patient's eyes for the first time in an operation that offers hope to millions of...
Telegraph.co.uk ( 8/25/2010 9:01:05 AM -08:00 )

Canadian Scientist Pioneers Artificial Corneas
A researcher at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute has pioneered artificial corneas which could give hope to the vision impaired....
580 CFRA Radio ( 8/25/2010 4:32:56 PM -08:00 )

Lab-grown corneas used in transplants
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Artificial corneas grown in a laboratory have significantly improved the sight of people suffering from major vision...
UPI.com ( 8/25/2010 3:57:02 PM -08:00 )

Blindness breakthrough: Scientists grow new corneas in laboratory
Blindness breakthrough: Scientists grow new corneas in laboratoryMILLIONS of blind and partially sighted people are being given hope they will see again after artificial corneas were successfully “grown” in...
Express.co.uk ( 8/25/2010 3:11:29 PM -08:00 )

A New Study Found Sight Can Be Restored With A Synthetic Cornea
(London) -- New research is showing the use of a synthetic cornea can help restore vision in some patients. Researchers in Canada and Sweden made...
MyStateline.com ( 8/25/2010 12:15:12 PM -08:00 )

Lab-grown Corneas Restore Sight in Some Patients
Dr. May Griffith displays a biosynthetic cornea grown in the lab to be implanted into the eye to repair...
LiveScience.com ( 8/25/2010 10:18:56 AM -08:00 )