The Eye Bank
the largest in the world, provides eye tissue for research and transplantation to ophthalmic specialists and surgeons nationwide
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Lions Eye Institute Foundation
raises funds to support sight-related outreach, education, treatment and research to enhance the quality of life for people who are blind or visually impaired.
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the first research center in the world to be directly combined with an eye bank, drives the development of new diagnostic tests and treatments for delaying, arresting or preventing the progression of blinding eye diseases
See the new pioneers of ocular research...The Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research (LEITR)
Founded as a non-profit, charitable organization by Tampa Bay area Lions Clubs in 1973, Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research (LEITR) has provided the gift of sight to more than 30,000 men, women and children through cornea transplantation and provided 50,000 eyes for research worldwide. LEITR is leading the fight against blinding eye diseases through the recovery, evaluation, and distribution of eye tissue for transplantation, research, and education.