A team of surgeons in New York announced Thursday they had performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, although it isn't yet known whether the recipient will actually regain his sight.Transplanting an entire eye has long been a holy grail of medical science, and though researchers have had some success in mice where they have restored partial vision it's never before been performed in a living person.
A team of surgeons in New York said Thursday they had performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure described as a medical breakthrough, although it isn't yet known whether the patient will actually regain his sight.
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