Eye Repair-For millions with eye damage, a new artificial cornea could prove a safer, more effective treatment.

A novel artificial cornea that adheres to eye cells could bring new hope to the estimated 10 million people worldwide who are blind because of corneal damage or disease. The new design should relieve some of the complications--such as tissue rejection--that often...
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Researchers create system to build transplant tissue

The researchers have engineered tiny channels within a water-based gel that mimic a vascular system at the cellular scale and can supply oxygen, essential nutrients and growth factors to feed individual cells. The so-called gel scaffold can hold tens of millions of living cells per milliliter in a 3-D arrangement, such as in the shape of a knee meniscus, to create a template for ...
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Cell-squirting needles could 'weave' new organs

A new approach to "printing" living cells could make it easier to arrange them into precise structures without harming them. This could enable future therapies where replacement ...

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