Corneal Transplants Can Carry Infection Risk

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"Such data strongly suggest that white individuals are more likely to progress to advanced vision-disabling age-related macular degeneration (certainly to geographic atrophy) than black individuals," Bressler's team concluded. The researchers also suggested that blacks may have a mechanism that protects them from age-related macular degeneration and other eye problems.

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For more on corneal transplants, visit the U.S. National Eye Institute.

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