Eye bank
Eye banks recover, prepare and deliver donated eyes for cornea transplants and research. The first successful cornea transplant was performed in 1905 and the first eye bank was founded in 1944. Currently, in the United States, eye banks provide tissue for over 80,000 cornea transplants each year to treat conditions such as keratoconus and corneal scarring. In some cases, the white of the eye (sclera) is used to surgically repair recipient eyes. Unlike other organs and tissues, there is an adequate supply of corneas for transplants in the United States, and excess tissue is exported internationally, where there are shortages in many countries, due to greater demand and a less-developed eye banking infrastructure.
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Eye bank
Eye banks recover, prepare and deliver donated eyes for cornea transplants and research. The first successful cornea transplant was performed in 1905 and the first eye bank was founded in 1944. Currently, in the United States, eye banks provide tissue for over 80,000 cornea transplants each year to treat conditions such as keratoconus and corneal scarring. In some cases, the white of the eye (sclera) is used to surgically repair recipient eyes. Unlike other organs and tissues, there is an adequate supply of corneas for transplants in the United States, and excess tissue is exported internationally, where there are shortages in many countries, due to greater demand and a less-developed eye banking infrastructure.
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Banco de olhos é uma entidade ...... ransplante, ensino e pesquisa.
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Eye banks recover, prepare and ...... ed eye banking infrastructure.
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Глазной банк — производственно ...... иала из моргов в глазной банк.
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بنك العيون (Eye bank) هو بنك ل ...... ايات المتحدة و ذلك العام 1944.
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アイバンク (Eye bank) とは、角膜移植によってしか ...... るのは角膜であるが、ドナーが提供するのはあくまで眼球である。
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Banco de olhos é uma entidade ...... ransplante, ensino e pesquisa.
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Eye banks recover, prepare and ...... ed eye banking infrastructure.
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Глазной банк — производственно ...... иала из моргов в глазной банк.
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بنك العيون (Eye bank) هو بنك ل ...... ايات المتحدة و ذلك العام 1944.
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アイバンク (Eye bank) とは、角膜移植によってしか ...... るのは角膜であるが、ドナーが提供するのはあくまで眼球である。
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Banco de olhos
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Eye bank
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Hornhautbank
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Глазной банк
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بنك العيون
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アイバンク
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