Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up of a person using eye drops in their eye which is very pink and likely conjunctivitis. Scientists have created the first ...

Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. Getty Images; Photo Illustration by Lauren Margit Jones for TIME Michael Trimble, a behavioral neurologist with the unusual distinction of being one of the ...

The new model mimics the structure and function of the human conjunctiva in a lab dish, even producing its own tears. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.