CooperVision Contact Lenses Recalled

The FDA has issued a Class I recall of certain contact lenses in the AvairaTM line. The lenses may be contaminated with the residue of silicone oil. These contaminated CooperVision contact lenses can cause problems, including severe pain, blurred vision and eye injuries, including torn corneas. Not all users of the contaminated lenses experience symptoms.

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Stem cells reverse blindness caused by burns

Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage to their cornea(s) when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells, a stunning success for the burgeoning cell-therapy field, Italian researchers reported 6/24.

In the study, published online by the New England Journal [...]