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Baboon Eye Transplant Restores Partial Blindness in Cape Town
In Cape Town a man once blind for 10 years regained sight after a baboon cornea transplant under Prof. Frans van Zyl at Karl Brechter Hospital. The European patient can read newspapers now, but full success will take months to confirm. Medical sources call it possibly the first such operation.
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Cape Town
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Frans van Zyl
University of Stellenbosch
Karl Breeter Hospital
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