Biomaterials with the ability to self-heal and recover their structural integrity offer many
advantages for applications in biomedicine. The past decade has witnessed the rapid …

Owing to the variety and complexity of ocular diseases and the natural ocular barriers, drug
therapy for ocular diseases has significant limitations, such as poor drug targeting to the site …

More and more people worldwide are affected by severe eye diseases eventually leading to
visual impairment or blindness. In most cases, the treatment involves the application of …

Degradation-induced swelling in implanted hydrogels can cause severe adverse reactions
in surrounding tissues. Here, we report a new class of hydrogel with extremely low swelling …

Hydrogels that can form spontaneously via covalent bond formation upon injection in vivo
have recently attracted significant attention for their potential to address a variety of …

Vitreous endo-tamponades are commonly used in the treatment of retinal detachments and
tears. They function by providing a tamponading force to support the retina after retina …

The demand for effective eye therapies is driving the development of injectable hydrogels as
new medical devices for controlled delivery and filling purposes. This article introduces the …

Vitreoretinal surgery has advanced in numerous directions during recent years. The removal
of the vitreous body is one of the main characteristics of this surgical procedure. Several …

Transparency is an important criterion for the application of biomaterials to the eye and
essential for use as a vitreous substitute. However, there is a lack of understanding on the …

In this study, we derivatized type I collagen without altering its triple helical conformation to
allow for facile hydrogel formation via the Michael addition of thiols to methacrylates without …