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 ...

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 ...

Lions Club International is the largest service club organization in the world with more than 46,000 clubs consisting of over 1.4 million members worldwide. Lions Club International was originally ...

The cornea is the clear outer covering of the eye located directly over the iris. Corneal transplantation can significantly improve the vision of patients experiencing diminished corneal clarity ...

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 ...

What’s Jerry Orbach, who passed away at age 69 in 2004, doing on new subway ads for the New York Eye-Bank? Plenty, apparently: The presence of the Law & Order icon (whose eyes, still in top shape, ...

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 ...

There’s a new traveling art show in town – and it’s being shown in places that probably aren’t the first anyone would look. Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank – the state’s only eye bank for cornea tissue ...

An Orlando eye bank that processes and distributes tissue for cornea transplants has drawn the attention of state lawmakers in Tallahassee, sparking a debate over whether for-profit companies are ...

Six blind people were waiting in a Manhattan hospital last week for secondhand eyes. Never since doctors discovered how to replace fogged corneas with clear ones from corpses (TIME, April 13, 1936) ...

BOISE, Idaho — With the holidays around the corner, it’s time to highlight the season of giving and the ultimate gift that some people are donating. November is National Eye Donation Month and it is ...

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 ...