Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word organizational affiliation. U.S. National Library of Medicine(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Organizational Affiliation. Formal relationships established between otherwise independent organizations. These include affiliation agreements, interlocking boards, common controls, hospital medical school affiliations, etc.
With sufficient damage, sight is lost. Damage to the optic nerve is irreversible because the cable of nerve fibers doesnât have the capacity to regenerate, or heal itself, when damage occurs. This is why glaucoma is an incurable disease at this point, and why early detection is so important.
This is most unfortunate, as a capacity for successful nerve regeneration is a necessity for restoration of function following damage, through accident or disease, to the human brain and spinal cord. Success of optic nerve regeneration might also open the door to future strategies of eye transplantation.n addition, because of its easy access, the optic nerve has long served as a standard model for the study of spinal cord injury and regeneration in lab animals. Only recently has it become accepted that the failure of the optic nerve to regenerate is not a single-factor event.