I had cataract surgery five years ago - a mis-spent youth hiking ice fields and sailing without wearing protective eyeglasses caused the damage.
I now have two lenses made from plastic where my original equipment used to be. The surgery is quick and painless and I was using the eye the next day (vision was blurry but usable). The downside is that the range of focusing was reduced. The option was for great distance vision and needing reading glasses or great closeup vision and needing corrective lenses for distance. Considering that I can get a great pair of 2X readers at WalMart for about $10, I chose the first option. Generic distance glasses are not a commercial product.
Ran into this story today at Fox News:
Researchers regrow corneas using adult human stem cells
Boston researchers have successfully regrown human corneal tissue – a feat that could potentially restore vision in the blind.
The achievement also marks one of the first times that scientists have constructed tissue using adult-derived human stem cells.
The article goes into a lot of detail - fascinating reading.
More! Faster!
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