The first artificial corneas based on human cells have been created by a team of scientists
from Canada and the United States, bringing the production of artificial corneas suitable for …

Human corneal equivalents comprising the three main layers of the cornea (epithelium,
stroma, and endothelium) were constructed. Each cellular layer was fabricated from …

Let There Be Light: Next-Generation Artificial Corneas | Science Translational Medicine news
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Corneal blindness is one of the major causes of blindness worldwide, for which corneal
transplantation has long been the only treatment method. In addition to penetrating …

Recent advances in the design of artificial corneas : Current Opinion in Ophthalmology Recent
advances in the design of artificial corneas : Current Opinion in Ophthalmology Log in or …

Purpose:: Corneal stroma has a unique extracellular matrix essential for tissue integrity and
transparency. Cells for corneal tissue engineering must have the ability to secret such a …

Almost 300 million people are visually impaired worldwide due to various eye diseases such
as cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and …

Each day, about 2000 US workers have a job-related eye injury requiring medical treatment.
Corneal diseases are the fifth cause of blindness worldwide. Most of these diseases can be …

Tissue engineering of the cornea represents a paradigm shift in medical treatment to
overcome the present disadvantages of corneal transplantation, primarily immune rejection …

Purpose: This study was conducted in order to improve the macroscopic and histologic
features of our model of tissue–engineered corneas reconstructed from cultured human …