Collagen has been used in ophthalmology since the 1990s, particularly in the treatment of corneal defects. However, why and ...

Therefore, scientists have developed a unique technology for making an implant from collagen. Tests on rabbits ... to transplant an artificial cornea into a rabbit. If successful, such an implant ...

However, in Fuchs dystrophy patients, abnormal collagen deposits, known as guttata, also accumulate on the DM and distort light coming through the cornea. As these guttata disrupt vision ...

At a mere 15 microns thick, an incredibly strong layer has been discovered sandwiched within the human cornea. The new layer is called Dua’s layer, after its discoverer Harminder Dua, an ...

Recently, a team of researchers in Israel developed a synthetic cornea made from bioengineered collagen. The elderly man who underwent this procedure had lost his sight due to corneal scarring ...

Collagens are the most prevalent proteins in the human body, found in skin, bones, teeth, and the cornea. Malformations of collagen are among the primary causes of genetic disorders, such as ...

Researchers from the Chair of Biomaterials at the University of Bayreuth have discovered the mechanism by which collagen, the most common protein in the human body, successfully assembles itself. They ...