The treatment is called cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells, or CALEC. "Our first trial in four patients showed that CALEC was safe and the treatment was possible," lead investigator Dr. Ula ...

The cornea is the clear, outermost layer of the eye. Its outer border, the limbus, contains a large volume of healthy stem ...

Limbal stem cell insufficiency is characterized by conjunctivalization of the corneal surface. As IVCM is able to differentiate between corneal and conjunctival epithelium, it is especially useful ...

Researchers successfully pulled off the first eye stem cell transplants to help heal cornea damage, and the results speak for themselves.

Since these tissues are not corneal epithelium and do not possess innate limbal stem cells, it would be interesting to perform longitudinal studies to document the long-term restoration of corneal ...

Share on Pinterest An experimental stem cell therapy could help reverse corneal damage in people with a vision-threatening eye condition. Image credit: daliloveart/Getty Images. Researchers ...

Published in Nature Communications, results saw the study achieve success rates of 79% and 77% corneal repair with the cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells (CALEC) graft, at the 12-month ...

Randomized 87 patients to date in Phase 2b CHASE trial of KPI-012 in Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defect (PCED) ---- Continuing enrollment ...

The cornea is the clear, outermost layer of the eye. It’s outer border, the limbus, contains a large volume of healthy stem cells called limbal epithelial cells, which maintain the eye’s ...