Two vision researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are involved in groundbreaking research aimed at curing blindness through human eye transplantation. To date, there has never been a successful whole human eye transplant for the restoration of vision. However, research teams across the country, including at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, are hopeful these efforts will pave the way for this procedure.
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An audacious vision: Researchers aim for first human eye transplant within the decade
PITTSBURGH – Scientists have strived for successful eye transplants for centuries. Early attempts read like the diary of Mary Shelley: implanting a dog’s eye into a rat’s groin, transplanting a rat’s eye onto the neck …