Are wrinkles increasing in your skin or are you feeling pain in the joints? The reason for this may be a lack of collagen.

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

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Bayreuth have discovered the mechanism by which collagen, the most common protein in the ...

Corneal allogenic inlay implantation — or collagen implantation, as Kılıç refers to the technique — offers patients an organic, biological tissue addition technology that is highly ...

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 ...

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 ...

ICRS technology is a promising therapeutic option in corneal ectatic disease that avoids or postpones corneal graft. Crosslinking (CXL) provides a stiffer cornea. A significant change in ...

Corneal cross-linking is an in-office procedure that works to strengthen and stabilize the cornea in eyes that have weakness from keratoconus or ectasia. At Baylor Medicine, our cornea specialists are ...