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Scientists Successfully 3D Print Human Corneas; This Breakthrough Can Be the Solution for Transplant Shortage

According to the story by US News, scientists coming from the United Kingdom have been able to successfully 3D print human corneas for the very first time. 

Corneas are the outermost layer of a human’s eye and are very important for focusing vision. Sadly, almost five million people suffer total blindness due to scarring in the corneal caused by lacerations, burns, abrasion, or disease, as per researchers at Newcastle University. Up to 10 million people around the world require surgery to stop corneal blindness from diseases like trachoma, a particularly infectious eye disease, which has led to a severe shortage when it comes to corneas that are available for transplant.

Meet Tej Kohli, a man on a mission to heal the world’s blind

Tej Kohli is not an understated guy. His knack for investing early in emerging trends such as online payments, real estate, AI technologies and cryptocurrency – and more recently e-sports – mean that Kohli owns homes all over the world, a Global 6000 private jet and a fleet of rare hypercars. His flamboyant commitment to sartorial style and an energy for life that includes frequenting London’s most exclusive clubs on a near-daily basis mean that the 63-year-old Indian-born investor is hardly a wallflower. Tej Kohli tends to get noticed.

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Meet Dr Sanduk Ruit, the Barefoot Surgeon who’s cured 130,000 of blindness

Born into the lowest tiers of a rigid caste system in a tiny remote village in the Himalayas, Sanduk Ruit started life with absolutely nothing to his name: no money and no connections. Few would have guessed that he would grow to become one of the most respected eye surgeons in the world and a titan of Asia who, in 2006, was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award – the Asian equivalent of a Nobel prize.

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Seven-minute miracles: a plan to reduce the number of children with cataract blindness by 0.5% worldwide

LONDON and, KATHMANDU, Nov. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Tej Kohli and Ruit Foundation will cure 1,000 children of cataract blindness in an attempt to reduce it by 25% within Nepal and to reduce its prevalence by 0.5% worldwide. Since its launch in mid-2021 the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation has already screened 52,541 people and cured 4,243 of cataract blindness at microsurgical outreach camps where surgery to prevent or cure blindness can take as little as seven minutes.

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