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Some very interesting distinctions that Mass. Eye and Ear holds.
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Distinctions:

• The Eaton-Peabody Laboratory at MEEI is the largest basic hearing research center in the world.
• Discovery of the first heritable cancer gene, most of the genese idenrified in retinitis pigmentosa, and some glaucoma genes.
• Primary teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School in Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
• MEEI's residency training programs in Orolaryngology and Opthalmology are among the most selective in the U.S.
• Discovery of the role of VEGF in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), leading to the first two FDA-approved drugs for treating AMD.
• Discovery of stem cells in the adult inner ear, which increases the potential of hearing restoration.
• First diagnosis of retinopathy or prematurity.
• First eye pathology laboratory in the U.S.
• First use of isolation to segregate patients with infectious diseases.