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 …

Bioengineered corneas are substitutes for human donor tissue that are designed to replace
part or the full thickness of damaged or diseased corneas. They range from prosthetic …

The growing interest in scaffolding design and increasing research programs dedicated to
regenerative medicine corroborate the need for Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering. While …

A fibroblast feeder layer is currently the best option for large scale expansion of autologous
skin keratinocytes that are to be used for the treatment of severely burned patients. In a …

Many infertile men are the victims of spermatogenesis disorder. However, conventional
clinical test could not provide efficient information on the causes of spermatogenesis …

Corneal substitutes are being developed to address the shortage of human donor tissues as
well as the current disadvantages in some clinical indications, which include immune …

Progress in tissue engineering has led to the development of technologies allowing the
reconstruction of autologous tissues from the patient's own cells. Thus, tissue-engineered …

Defects in the corneal stroma caused by trauma or diseases such as macular corneal
dystrophy and keratoconus can be detrimental for vision. Development of therapeutic …

Corneal injuries remain a major cause of consultation in the ophthalmology clinics
worldwide. Repair of corneal wounds is a complex mechanism that involves cell death …

purpose. The reepithelialization of the corneal surface is an important process for restoring
the imaging properties of this tissue. The purpose of the present study was to characterize …