Miracles In Sight, one of the world’s largest eye banks, said Monday it has donated $500,000 to the Duke Eye Center.
The donation will fund a three-year pilot program to improve the availability of human eye tissue for sight-saving research.
The grant from the Winston-Salem nonprofit agency also will be used to establish a registry where people with eye disease can express their interest in donating their eyes to research. It also will help to broaden the reach of electronic medical records across Duke University’s medical facilities.