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If you're born blind can it be possible to gain eyesight from a person who has donated their eyes?
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Unlikely: Most blindness at birth is from gross malformation of the eyes, serious defects in the nerve supply and major inherited issues. Eye donation is useful only to corrected corneal opacities and a few infants are born with only this problem but the others problems are much more common. Check with your pediatric ophthalmologist for the best forward pathway.
Answered 7/24/2012
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