He praised the NYU team’s “audacity” in even aiming for optic nerve repair and hopes the transplant will spur more research. “We’re really on the precipice of being able to do this ...

Surgeons who performed the world’s first whole eye transplant on an army veteran ... He said one of the steps could involve helping the optic nerve – which send visual messages to the brain ...

Researchers have already successfully completed the transplant procedure — albeit ... The goal is to fully restore the optic ...

"We're making great progress in the treatments to promote optic nerve regeneration that could accompany eye transplant," Jeffrey Goldberg, who is leading similar efforts at the Byers Eye Institute ...