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3D Printing Strategies for Bioengineering Human Cornea

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent progress in 3D bioprinting strategies for engineering human corneas. Key aspects include the replication of corneal transparency, curvature, and biomechanical properties, alongside innovations in recent advancements in 3D printing methods, which benefit in overcoming current challenges.
Yunong Yuan, Khoon S. Lim, Gerard Sutton, Gordon G. Wallace, Jingjing You   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Piezoelectric Stimulation of Neural Cells: Exploring the Synergistic Potential of Hybrid Scaffolds for Enhanced Regeneration

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Hybrid piezoelectric scaffolds offer a promising route for Central Nervous System regeneration by combining structural and electrical cues to support neural stem cell growth. This review highlights their potential to overcome current challenges in neural tissue engineering by exploring porous hybrid materials, their biological interactions, and ...
Heather F. Titterton, Chris R. Bowen, Hamideh Khanbareh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can cornea be retrieved from poisoned donors? A focused narrative review

Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology
Corneal opacity due to various inflammatory and infectious conditions is a leading cause of blindness globally. In India, microbial keratitis and injuries to the eye are major contributors to corneal blindness.
Shiyam Sundar Karunanithy, S.M. Krishna Sagar, Sai Sneha Reddy Yarraguntla, Hari Krishna Chowdary Lingampalli, Sushma Reddy Saddala, Ananth Rupesh Kattamreddy   +5 more
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A Proof‐of‐Concept Assessment of a Novel Wearable Eyelid Muscle Device: A Pre‐Clinical Animal Cadaver Study for Eyelid Closure Restoration

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article introduces a soft wearable eyelid sling device incorporating a hydraulic soft artificial muscle (SAM) for achieving complete closure of an eyelid. The SAM is driven by a cam mechanism that provides a displacement profile closely matched with those of a healthy eyelid.
Patrick Pruscino, Phuoc Thien Phan, James Davies, Bibhu Sharma, Tianruo Guo, Chi Cong Nguyen, Nigel H. Lovell, Thanh Nho Do   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pediatric corneal transplantation: techniques, challenges, and outcomes

Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology
Pediatric corneal transplant is a highly demanding and technically challenging procedure for the cornea surgeon in today’s era. These cases pose unique challenges in clinical and surgical management. The indications of pediatric corneal transplant can be
Bharat Gurnani, Kirandeep Kaur, Sameer Chaudhary, Ruminder Preet Kaur, Swatishree Nayak, Deepak Mishra, Harinikrishna Balakrishnan, Rohit Om Parkash, Arvind Kumar Morya, Amit Porwal   +9 more
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Clinical and epidemiological aspects of cornea transplant patients of a reference hospital

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Objective: clinically characterizing cornea transplant patients and their distribution according to indicated and post-operative conditions of cornea transplantation, as well as estimating the average waiting time.
Giovanna Karinny Pereira Cruz, Isabelle Campos de Azevedo, Diana Paula de Souza Rego Pinto Carvalho, Allyne Fortes Vitor, Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos, Marcos Antonio Ferreira Júnior   +5 more
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Awareness and attitudes toward corneal donation among applicants and staff of a driver, vehicle and licensing authority (DVLA) in Ghana

BMC Ophthalmology, 2019
Background Corneal transplantations are surgeries performed for irreparable corneal diseases and damage. However, there is a gap between the number of potential recipients and the number of donor corneas available.
Seth Lartey, Ellen K. Antwi-Adjei, Solomon Agyapong, Abdul-Kabir Mohammed, Derrick N. O. Mensah, Edward S. Genego   +5 more
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ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC AWARENESS OF POSTMORTEM DONATION AND CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION [PDF]

, 2021
Л. В. Кочорова, K.S. Klyukovkin, Polina I. Konstantinova, V.S. Mosunov   +3 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in culture, expansion and mechanistic studies of corneal endothelial cells: a systematic review

Journal of Biomedical Science, 2019
Human corneal endothelial cells are notorious for their restricted proliferative ability in vivo and in vitro. Hence, injury or dysfunction of these cells may easily result in blindness.
Shuangling Chen, Qin Zhu, Hong Sun, Yuan Zhang, Sean Tighe, Li Xu, Yingting Zhu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source