Article
Use of discarded corneo-scleral rims to re-create cornea-like tissue
2023-10-06
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<h4>Background: </h4> Corneal disease is a major cause of blindness. Transplantation of cadaver-derived corneas (keratoplasty) is still the current therapy of choice; however, the severe global shortage of donor corneas continues to drive a search for alternatives. To this end, biosynthetic corneal substitutes have recently begun to gain importance. However, the less-than-satisfactory biomechanical properties of s...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a3757601-e619-587f-81e8-8d56764a66fd
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3391207/v1
