Issue #14

Device revives donor eyeballs, advancing prospects for eye transplants

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Today's issue covers a new device that restores function in eyeballs from deceased donors, a development that could bring whole-eye transplants closer to reality.

1 of 1  ·  MIT Technology Review

 A device that revives eyeballs from dead donors could make eye transplants possible

Researchers have developed a device designed to maintain and preserve eyes from deceased donors, which start to degenerate soon after leaving the body. The technology aims to make whole-eye transplants viable, following an earlier attempt in which a transplanted eye could not restore vision.

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