Hacker News with Generative AI: Eye Health

Stem cell therapy trial reverses "irreversible" damage to cornea (newatlas.com)
Eye injuries that damage the cornea are usually irreversible and cause blindness. But a new clinical trial has repaired this damage in patients thanks to a transplant of stem cells from their healthy eyes.
Ozempic increases risk of debilitating eye condition: studies (sdu.dk)
Two independent studies from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) show that patients with type 2 diabetes who are treated with the drug Ozempic have an increased risk of developing damage to the optic nerve of the eye, which can lead to severe and permanent loss of vision.
New funding could make whole-eye transplants a reality (news.northwestern.edu)
A multi-institutional team of researchers, including two Northwestern University engineers, has received up to $56 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to help make vision-restoring, whole-eye transplants a reality, the agency announced today.
Rare form of eye stroke that causes blindness now linked to Ozempic and Wegovy (cnn.com)
Eye exercises for myopia prevention and control: comprehensive systematic review (nature.com)
A myopia epidemic is sweeping the globe (nature.com)