Wearing contact lenses overnight and failing to change the case can increase your risk for infectious keratitis by 10-fold, ...

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Nicola Greenfield, of Rendlesham, Suffolk, has been diagnosed with acanthamoeba keratitis, a painful infection of the cornea - the outer layer that protects the eye. The 58-year-old sought help after ...

Infectious keratitis – a leading cause of corneal blindness worldwide – diagnosis could be improved by using artificial intelligence, with deep learning models showing similar levels of accuracy in ...

Infectious keratitis, an inflammation of the cornea, affects millions, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where access to specialist eye care is limited.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Excision BioTherapeutics Inc. (“Excision”, the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing CRISPR-based therapies to cure serious ...

Keratitis is painful inflammation of the eye’s clear top layer, the cornea. It can stem from an infection or injury, and it makes vision blurry and the eyes sensitive to light.

Bacterial keratitis is a condition that involves an infection of the cornea. This is the clear dome that covers the iris and pupil of the eye. Bacterial infection of the cornea can lead to ...