Research Articles
View some of the latest research and breakthroughs articles for corneal dystrophy.
Loneliness describes how a person feels when they perceive a lack of meaningful connection with others. It’s not necessarily about being physically alone, but about feeling isolated, unseen, or ...
Genetic Testing Is the Key to Our Health Secrets
Our genome may one day serve as a passport guiding our health care – from cradle to grave.
By Jaimie Seaton UCSF Magazine Summer 2024
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Many patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), including members of Fuchs Friends, seek refractive surgery such as LASIK 1 but wonder about its safety in the setting of their ...
Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD) is a disease primarily affecting the posterior (innermost) surface of the cornea, including the single layer of corneal endothelial cells and the ...
An article1 recently appearing in the journal Cornea, entitled “Descemet Stripping Only for Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy: Will It Become the Gold Standard?” poses an important question ...
Fuchs’ dystrophy is the most common diagnosis resulting in endothelial keratoplasty (EK), either DSAEK or DMEK, with the latter being an exact diseased tissue replacement These 2 procedures have ...
New Phase 2 Data for TTHX1114 Presented at World Cornea Congress for Corneal Dystrophies presented by Francis Price, Jr. MD
Trefoil Therapeutics announced Phase 2 study data from its STORM ...
The wait is over. In many states across the country, individuals other than front-line healthcare workers are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Here at the University of Iowa, ...
TTHX-1114: Engineered Growth Factor Has Potential to Treat Corneal Endothelial Deficiencies
The current standard of care for Fuchs and corneal endothelial dystrophies focuses on increasing ...
Here’s the take-home message: The average corneal transplant recipient is not at increased risk for contracting COVID-19 because of their corneal transplants’ steroid eye drops. Let me walk you ...
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I wrote the original draft of this to help my patients with Fuchs’ Endothelial Dystrophy better understand their disease and their therapeutic options. In 2018, one of my patients ...
You might have heard the terms “aberrations” or “high-order aberrations”, but what are they, and do you need to worry about them? Simply put, “aberrations” are the different types of refractive ...
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“The patients whom I see who are members of your Fuchs’ Friends group are extremely well educated…The Corneal Dystrophy Foundation should be commended on their passion for helping others as well as on their teaching efforts.”
- Dr. Natalie Afshari
Professor of Ophthalmology University Of California, San Diego
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