Eye bank Eye bank Eye banks recover, prepare and deliver donated eyes for cornea transplants and research. The first successful cornea transplant was performed in 1905 and the first eye bank was founded in 1944. Currently, in the United States, eye banks provide tissue for over 80,000 cornea transplants each year to treat conditions such as keratoconus and corneal scarring. In some cases, the white of the eye (sclera) is used to surgically repair recipient eyes. Unlike other organs and tissues, there is an adequate supply of corneas for transplants in the United States, and excess tissue is exported internationally, where there
The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans husband are causing problems to her domestic bliss. This story leads directly into the audio drama "The Bride of Peladon". The hallucinogenic plants in this story reappear in "Brotherhood of the Daleks". Mission of the Viyrans is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It is a one-part story written by Nicholas Briggs and was released alongside a three-part story, "The Mind's Eye". The Doctor and Peri encounter the time travelling Viyrans on a holiday planet. "Mission of the Viyrans" completes the "Virus Strand" story arc, which also includes the