When Katie Niemeyer was 16 years old, she had an extreme reaction to a new medication — leading to a diagnosis of Stevens Johnson Syndrome. Within days, she was hospitalized with second and third degree burns covering her entire body and given only a 50 percent chance to live. Today, she supports Mass. Eye and Ear research to tackle the devastating disease.
A protein that lubricates the joints may soon bring stress relief to dry eyes around the world. Researchers at Mass. Eye and Ear have developed a new treatment for dry eye disease that is currently in clinical trial.
Survival of mass extinctions helps to explain near indestructible properties of hospital "superbugs."
A Mass. Eye and Ear research team recently showed that the brains of those who are born blind make new connections in the absence of visual information, resulting in enhanced, compensatory abilities such as a heightened sense of hearing, smell and touch, as well as cognitive functions (such as memory and language).
A Mass. Eye and Ear hearing researcher shares his recent success toward developing stem cell therapies for hearing loss..
A research team at Mass. Eye and Ear is using 3-D printing to create the perfect implant for patients who need surgery for middle ear repair.
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