DANIEL ISLAND — Last summer, Gerald Murphy slipped in the bathtub and badly skinned his left shin. Murphy, a retired insurance executive, debated whether to treat it himself, but he had an appointment ...

Millions of people around the world are blind or have impaired eyesight because of damage to their corneas, the clear outer layer that protects and focuses light into the eyes. And though corneas with ...

Implants made from pig skin have restored sight in the blind, according to a new study. The implant used in the study replicates the human cornea — the transparent part of the eye that covers the iris ...

Twenty people with diseased or damaged corneas had significant improvements in their vision after they received implants engineered out of protein from pigskin. The patients, in Iran and India, all ...