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For most of the year, Dr. Jonathan Lass is an ophthalmologist. He’s also a clinical professor at University of Arizona and Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. But every once in a while, he puts down his eye-related research and picks up a cello bow for the World Doctors Orchestra. It’s an orchestra made up entirely of physicians from around the world. This weekend, they

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...

contributed photo A new $6.4 million NIH grant supports a CWRU-led research team exploring the success of corneal transplants from diabetic donors. A $6.4 million federal grant will support a team of researchers — from Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Jaeb Center for Health Research — studying the success of transplants of corneal tissue donated from diabetic individuals after death. The number of corneal transplants has grown over the last decade, and about a ...

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...

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