mharris13I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Organs Zone. It has scientists studying health and disease in various parts  of our bodies. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
Hi mharris13,
Good question. This would be a form of organ transplantation.
It is technically possible, but not with the technology we have today. In fact it will be many years before this will be a viable option. The problems come with the the optic nerve which connects the back of your eye to your brain. There are long nerves that do this, and the pluck someone’s eye out means damaging these nerves.
However, parts of the eye can already be transplanted individually, e.g. the cornea, with no problems. There are also prosthetic options, such as the bionic eye, which will allow people to gain some form of vision, increasing their quality of life and allowing them to do day to day things that we all take for granted!
So to summarise, it’s not possible that an entire eye can be placed into another person head and function correctly with the current knowledge and technology. However, any and all advancements might lead to this one day being possible.
Hope that answers your question 🙂
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