Feasibility study of ocular implants for HCMV retinitis treatment

• Main Author: Huang, Xue Wei
• Other Authors: Terry W.J. Steele
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62475
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The human cytomegalovirus usually exhibits life-long persistence. Although it is subclinical for healthy individuals, the virus can cause severe adverse effects on those who are immunoincompetent, such as AIDS patients, which could lead to huamn cytomegalovirus retinits. The retina would be inflamme...