A device that revives eyeballs from dead donors could make eye transplants possible

Short summary

MIT researchers developed a device that maintains donor eyes outside the body, potentially enabling whole eye transplants. Previous transplant attempts failed because eyes degenerated too rapidly after removal. This breakthrough could transform transplant surgery and vision restoration outcomes.

• •Device preserves donor eyes ex vivo, solving a critical limitation in eye transplantation
• •Prior transplant attempts failed due to rapid eye degeneration post-extraction
• •Innovation has potential to enable functional eye transplants for vision restoration

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