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I'm very proud of all of the young people that @KohliFoundation is supporting. What always amazes me is the level of ambition in younger people like #GracieMcGonigal (see video)...
Between 2015 & 2019 we made interventions to cure thousands of people of #blindness and severe visual impairment. Whilst our focus moves toward finding an affordable, accessible & scalable solution, it's important not to forget our history of achievements: https://t.co/yiIKzqYmBA
#XP affects every part of the body. Scarring of the #cornea makes vision foggy, which then leads to tumours. The cornea can also become devoid of blood vessels, culminating in a loss of #vision that can only be corrected by corneal transplant. Watch more: https://t.co/lqQ9JvnWp6
Ameer & Sadiya needed cornea transplants for both eyes. Doctors were unable to come up with a solution & referred them to https://t.co/ODliN6LQbi specialists where Ameer & Sadiya were handed a lifeline: a life-changing cornea transplant. Watch their story: https://t.co/lqQ9Jv6lxy
#Blindness is endemic among those with #XP as the front covering of the #eye, the #cornea, becomes increasingly damaged with exposure to the #sun. #Donor cornea are transplanted to restore #vision. Watch to learn more at: https://t.co/lqQ9Jv6lxy #XerodermaPigmentosum#Film
Sadiya received her @TKCorneaInst#cornea transplant in 2018. With her vision restored she hopes to start going back to school. If Sadiya had not received #surgery before cornea damage became permanent, she would have irreversibly lost her vision. More at: https://t.co/lqQ9Jv6lxy
We have another fully funded PhD studentship (UK/EU only) available to start September. This is an industry funded project applying recent developments in #mechanobiology to corneal tissue engineering. Please RT. 😁
For the very first time, scientists from Newcastle University have 3D printed human corneas, the clear outer layer of the eye that plays a big role in controlling and focusing the entry of light into the eye: https://t.co/MmtbGWFnLM #ophthalmology#innovation#cornea#UK
To eliminate corneal blindness worldwide by 2035 will require large-scale solutions that are affordable, accessible and scalable in all communities. That’s why for 2020 @TKCorneaInst is launching a multidisciplinary global hub in the UK for the development of new #tech solutions:
The @TKCorneaInst journey started by making direct interventions into the lives of people living with #blindness. Between 2016 and 2019 the Institute welcomed 223,404 outpatients and completed 43,255 surgical procedures to alleviate and #cure#corneal blindness: