Development of artificial cornea using the tissue engineering approach.

• 主要作者: Ng, Evangeline Yan Yun.
• 其他作者: School of Biological Sciences
• 格式: Final Year Project
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2012
• 主題: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Tissue engineering
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49390
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Corneal disease is the 4th leading cause of global blindness. The severe shortage of human cornea donor drove the development of artificial cornea via tissue engineering as an alternative treatment. Hydrogel biomimetic properties and excellent biocompatibility stands as a potential scaffold material...