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Article: Keeping eye on future focus of cornea institute. (National Vision Research Institute) (Enterprise: Medical Research)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- September 26, 1994
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When it comes to medical research, the National Vision Research Institute prove that quality doesn't depend on size.
Located in a modest Sorrento Mesa office building, the institute conducts internationally respected research into the cornea, the clear membrane covering the eye.
National Vision, or NVRI, has developed a technique to keep donated human corneas alive for up to three weeks, which may reduce the use of animal testing for eye drugs. Researchers into corneal transplants come from around the world to study the institute's large selection of corneal specimens.
The institute also specializes in the growing field of correcting vision with ...