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Docs Use Tooth to Help Return Woman's Sight

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 16, 2009 8:14 PM CDT

(Newser) – Doctors in Miami have used a woman’s tooth to help restore her vision, the Los Angeles Times reports. A disease that destroyed tissue in her left eye left Sharon Thornton unable to undergo a cornea transplant, so surgeons cut a canine tooth and bone...   Read full story »

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