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Do Corneal Tissue Providers Inform Their Community That They Export Corneas? An Audit of Publicly Available Sector Websites

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2021
Heather Machin,1,2 Brian Philippy,3 Graeme A Pollock1,2 1Lions Eye Donation Service, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 2Department of Surgery, Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne ...
Machin H, Philippy B, Pollock GA
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All India Ophthalmological Society - Eye Bank Association of India consensus statement on guidelines for cornea and eyebanking during COVID-19 era

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it the huge burden of mortality and morbidity across the world and the added effects of the mandatory lockdown measures to try and control the spread. A number of aspects of healthcare including eye donation and eye
Namrata Sharma, Sharon D'Souza, Rakhi Nathawat, Rajesh Sinha, Nikhil S Gokhale, Rajesh Fogla, J S Titiyal, Quresh B Maskati, Gobinda Mukherjee, Mahipal S Sachdev (Writing Committee)   +9 more
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A cost-minimization analysis of tissue-engineered constructs for corneal endothelial transplantation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Corneal endothelial transplantation or endothelial keratoplasty has become the preferred choice of transplantation for patients with corneal blindness due to endothelial dysfunction.
Tien-En Tan, Gary S L Peh, Benjamin L George, Howard Y Cajucom-Uy, Di Dong, Eric A Finkelstein, Jodhbir S Mehta   +6 more
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Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV & RPR among cornea donor in the regional institute of ophthalmology

Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2017
Introduction: Donor corneas obtained by eye banks are steadily increasing all over the world. Proper evaluation of donor cornea is critical to the success of cornea transplantation.
M H Patel, A M Patel, A M Shah
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Impact of Donor Age and Cornisol Storage Duration on Endothelial Cell Count and Morphology in Donor Corneal Tissues: A Prospective Observational Study

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Corneal transplantation remains one of the most successful forms of solid tissue transplantation and a crucial treatment modality for visual rehabilitation in patients with corneal blindness.
Abhay Lune, Pradipta Potdar, Pranav More, Shikha Rai   +3 more
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Inhibiting stearoyl‐CoA desaturase suppresses bone metastatic prostate cancer by modulating cellular stress, mTOR signaling, and DNA damage response

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa) patients is a clinical hurdle due to the poor understanding of the supportive bone microenvironment. Here, we identify stearoyl‐CoA desaturase (SCD) as a tumor‐promoting enzyme and potential therapeutic target in bone metastatic PCa.
Alexis Wilson, Mackenzie K Herroon, Shane Mecca, Laimar C Garmo, Jacob Lindquist, Shrila Rajendran, Steve M. Patrick, Izabela Podgorski   +7 more
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Review for special issue: Corneal lamellar surgery: Present outcomes and future perspectives

Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology
Since the establishment of the first eye bank in the 1940s, their role has evolved to face new challenges. With the recent development of lamellar keratoplasties, eye banks play an even bigger role in the selection and preparation of donor tissues.
Loïc Hamon, Isabel Weinstein, Adrien Quintin, Tarek Safi, Max Bofferding, Loay Daas, Berthold Seitz   +6 more
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Evolution of eye banking in India – A review

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023
Corneal blindness ranks third among the causes of blindness worldwide, after cataract and glaucoma. Corneal transplantation offers us a means to address this, and is currently the most commonly performed transplantation procedure worldwide – restoring ...
Josephine S Christy, Anand Hari Bhadari, Priya Mathews, Muthiah Srinivasan, Murugesan Vanathi   +4 more
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Visual Recovery Reflects Cortical MeCP2 Sensitivity in Rett Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rett syndrome (RTT) is a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder with developmental regression affecting motor, sensory, and cognitive functions. Sensory disruptions contribute to the complex behavioral and cognitive difficulties and represent an important target for therapeutic interventions.
Alex Joseph Simon, Nathalie Picard, Valeria d'Andrea, Enchi Chang, Joseph Leffler, Eleonora Centofante, Matthew Taylor, Francesca Bardi, Francesca Cavicchiolo, Takao K. Hensch, Stefano Panzeri, Chinfei Chen, Michela Fagiolini   +12 more
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A review of long-term corneal preservation techniques: Relevance and renewed interests in the COVID-19 era

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
The growth of eye banking in India was showing positive trends until the nation was hit by unprecedented times as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of this has led to a downward spiraling in eye banking activities globally.
Sunita Chaurasia, Sujata Das, Aravind Roy   +2 more
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