Honoring its pledge to help prevent blindness and cure eye diseases, the Lions Sight Research Foundation recently presented the Department of Ophthalmology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio with laboratory equipment used to identify blinding and even life-threatening diseases. The automated processor prepares tissue samples obtained at surgery for prompt and accurate diagnosis. Since 1989, the department has operated its Eye Pathology Laboratory under the auspices of the Lions Sight Research Center. We receive hundreds of specimens from hospitals and doctors offices across Texas and throughout the United States.
Samples vary greatly, from a minuscule fragment of tissue to an entire eyeball.