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Blind man sees for first time in 10 years using revolutionary artificial cornea

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World Health Organisation estimates put the number of people develop vision problems due to corneal disease at somewhere in the region of 2 million every year.The artificial cornea is made of a 100% synthetic material, and requires no donor tissue which could lead to rejection.The developers say that in time the artificial cornea will effectively become part of the eye.Dr.

Gilad Litvin, CorNeat Vision’s co-founder and the inventor of the CorNeat KPro, said that the moment when Mr Furani first opened his brand new eye was “surreal.”“After years of hard work, seeing a colleague implant the CorNeat KPro with ease and witnessing a fellow human being regain his sight the following day was electrifying and emotionally moving,” he said.He added:.

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