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Study can help determine which diabetic individuals can donate corneas for keratoplasty About a third of the corneal transplant surgeries in the United States involve people with diabetes who donate their corneas after death. The number of corneal transplants has grown over the last decade, but through continuous research, the medical community has learned that not all corneal tissue from diabetics may be suitable for the procedure, known as keratoplasty. In a new study, supported by a five-yea...

Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--About a third of the corneal transplant surgeries in the United States involve people with diabetes who donate their corneas after death. The number of corneal transplants has grown over the last decade, but through continuous research, the medical community has learned that not all corneal tissue from diabetics may be suitable for the procedure, known as keratoplasty. In a new study, supported by a five-year, $6.4 million grant from the Natio...