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Limbal stem cells -- identified with a new marker -- could reverse a leading cause of blindness BOSTON (July 2, 2014) -- Boston researchers have identified a way to enhance regrowth of human corneal tissue to restore vision, using a molecule known as ABCB5 that acts as a marker for hard-to-find...

Good Afternoon Everyone My name is Chidi Akusobi and I am one of the student organizers for this event. We want to thank you all, faculty, students, and staff, for your attendance at this National White Coat Die-In. We are joining over 1500 students from 50 medical schools in a show of solidarity...

Chronic misuse of alcohol results in measurable damage to the brain. Chronic drinking may be particularly damaging to the integrity of frontal white matter tracts, which can interfere with cognitive and inhibitory control that, in turn, is important to achieve and maintain abstinence. A new study...

Charles Osgood interviews Joseph Ciolino, MD, about treating glaucoma with a drug-eluting contact lens. Click here to listen (and for transcript). Related: Press release from Mass. Eye and Ear

The Echo Lab was represented by Ziyad Knio and Rabia Amir as they presented their research at the annual IARS meeting in San Francisco this year. Congratulations on a successful poster session!

The graduation ceremony for the HMS Ophthalmology Class of 2016 trainees was held on June 16, 2016, at 4:00 pm in the Meltzer Auditorium at Mass. Eye and Ear. Thirty-five trainees were recognized, including eight HMS Ophthalmology Residents, the Chief Resident, and one Optometry Resident, as well as...

It was an impressive show Mass. Eye and Ear and Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear trainees, who placed first, second, and third in the New England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS) annual poster contest held earlier this month. Congratulations to: First place: “Exosome-associated...

Our monthly cardiac anesthesia meeting will be held on August 2016 at the West Campus Anesthesia Library from 4:30 - 6:30 pm. Valve Research Group will be presenting their research projects

New findings may stimulate the development of targeted therapies for proptosis in patients with acute thyroid eye disease Boston, Mass. — Researchers from Mass. Eye and Ear - including Schepens Eye Research Institute - and Boston Children's Hospital have identified new underlying mechanisms of...

We're proud to announce that Dr. Mahmood and the team successfully conducted another session of our Interactive Hands-On 3D Workshop on 27-28 August, 2016 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. As the only hands-on 3D imaging workshop in the country providing opportunities to learn and...