William Lopez remembers clearly the day in June 2017 when he says he was asked to call the spouse of a college friend who had just died and ask for her eyes. The spouse hadn't responded to calls from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Large advancements in eye banking have been made over the past two decades. Cell-based therapies may have ...

Some 10,000 to 15,000 of the nation’s 250,000 blind might see again, if their foggy corneas could be replaced by clear ones. To get clear corneas, the Eye Bank for Sight Restoration was .formed last ...

The Nevada Donor Network’s eye bank has been reaccredited in most areas of operation following lapses that could have contaminated eye tissue provided to surgeons for transplant. After updating ...

The Utah Lions Eye Bank offers many services to other eye banks. If you are interested in exploring how your eye bank could work more closely with the Utah Lions Eye Bank, please email us. The Utah ...

Since 1961, more than 1.5 million men, women, and children worldwide have had their sight restored through corneal transplantation. This happens when a generous donor and donor family say yes to eye ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile, and Rae Ellen Bichell, KFF Health News William Lopez remembers clearly the day in June 2017 when he says he was asked to call the ...