| One donor cornea may treat three patients
New Delhi, April 14: An Indian medical school study has determined one donor cornea can be divided and transplanted into multiple patients with eye disease or eye damage.
Recent advances have allowed ophthalmologic surgeons to move from transplanting the entire cornea in every patient to more focused operations that involve removing and replacing only the diseased or damaged portion of the cornea.
Such surgical techniques provide an opportunity to make use of a single donor cornea in more than one patient.
B In the study, Rasik Vajpayee -- then of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and now at the University of Melbourne -- used a cornea from a man who died of cardiac arrest for transplants in three patients. The corneal tissue was divided into three parts, each part was then transplanted into different patients.
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We are shooting good scores as a team, but not good enough to qualify for states out of our region. We'll need to cut it down to about 310-315 to have a shot. Colby Lyles being medalist in the field of players today is a great accomplishment. He's getting ready to play his best golf of the year down the stretch. Andrew Thiele has been showing great leadership as our senior captain and has raised the level of his game as well. This team has the potential to do something special."Team scores: CB Aycock 320, Southwest Edgecombe 326, Roanoke Rapids 327, Rocky Mount 342.Roanoke Rapids individual scores: Colby Lyles, 73; Andrew Thiele, 80; Taylor Merritt, 85; Brad Silver, 89; Nathan Wilson, 89; Tyler Wilson, 95.Lady Jackets Win at Southern VanceRoanoke Rapids (14-0-1) traveled to Southern Vance Thursday and came away with a 5-0 win.
40 Bacolod patients get free cataract surgery
Negros Occidental (26 March) -- Forty out of the 100 patients who underwent the screening for cataract surgery are ready for cataract surgery. The Cataract Foundation based in Bacolod City conducted the pre-screening with patients from Kabankalan City. Dr. Fortunato Eusebio, a volunteer ophthalmologist of the foundation identified the forty patients scheduled to undergo the surgery March 26, 28 and 30. The surgery will be for free through PhilHealth and non-PhilHealth members will pay P1,500 which will be covered by the city government of Kabankalan. This project is under the City Social Welfare Department and the Federation of the Senior Citizen in the city. Another screening for the upland barangays of Kabankalan is scheduled on April 11. The Cataract Foundation has been conducting this project in many provinces in the country for the past 15 years and so far benefited already 250,000 patients all over the country.
Keys to success with surface ablation
Durrie, MD Surface ablation is becoming an effective refractive surgery option. Papers presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the 2006 annual meeting of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons showed that the number of surface ablations performed is gradually increasing (Figure). Now that surface ablation is gaining popularity, questions are being raised about the best way to perform the procedure. Performing surface ablations .
Genentech Net Soars on Cancer, Eye Drugs
Genentech Inc. (DNA) reported a 68% jump in first-quarter profit as results were helped by the company's new eye-disease drug and continued strong sales of one of its core cancer drugs, Avastin. The second-biggest biotechnology company behind Amgen Inc. (AMGN) in terms of revenue also backed its 2007 outlook of about 25% to 30% growth in non-GAAP earnings. The South San Francisco, Calif., company said net income rose to $706 million, or 66 cents a share, from $421 million, or 39 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding items, Genentech earned $792 million, or 74 cents a share, from $491 million, or 46 cents a share, a year earlier. Genentech, which is majority owned by Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG (RHHBY), said total operating revenue for the quarter rose 43% to $2.84 billion from $1.99 billion a year ago.
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