Woman Can See Again After World’s First Transplant of a Central Retina
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- From Turin comes a surgical world-first: the simultaneous transplant of a complete human macula, along with the cornea, sclera, and connective tissue, from one of the patient’s eyes to the other
- It allowed a woman blind for several years to immediately gain enough vision to recognize both her son and her faithful canine companion, Joe
- […] The post Woman Can See Again After World’s First Transplant of a Central Retina appeared first on Good News Network
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From Turin comes a surgical world-first: the simultaneous transplant of a complete human macula, along with the cornea, sclera, and connective tissue, from one of the patient’s eyes to the other. It allowed a woman blind for several years to immediately gain enough vision to recognize both her son and her faithful canine companion, Joe. […] The post Woman Can See Again After World’s First Transplant of a Central Retina appeared first on Good News Network.
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