Abstract:Editorial on the Research Topic Corneal Transplantation and Eye BankingCornea, the front transparent layer of the eye, is responsible for vision clarity. Disease or dysfunction in any layer of this multilayer tissue can lead to corneal blindness in addition to pain and discomfort. Corneal transplantation is the most popular choice of treatment where a healthy donor graft obtained from a cadaver is harvested, stored or processed in an eye bank and used to replace the diseased host tissue (1). However, human cad… Show more
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