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Life & Medical Sciences

Ex vivo eye globe preservation

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Cosma, Maria Pia (CRG)

According to the World Health Organization, in 2023, vision loss affected at least 2.2 billion people worldwide. Retinal degenerative diseases, glaucoma and traumatic vision loss are major causes of vision loss worldwide, and so far, there are very few therapies which reduce symptoms, and none which restore vision.The invention relates to a device and a system for maintaining viability of an enucleated ex vivo eye globe, and to a method of maintaining the viability of such an eye globe.