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The implant resembles the human cornea and is made of collagen protein from pig's skin
A bioengineered cornea can restore sight to the blind and visually impaired
Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden have bio-engineered a new corneal implant made from pig skin and designed a less invasive method for performing a corneal transplant on people with keratoconus.
In a study, the implant restored vision to 20 people with diseased corneas, most of whom were blind before receiving the implant.
Lung organoids are human stem cell-derived "mini lungs" in a laboratory dish
Human mini-Lungs grown in lab dishes are close to yet real thing
Human mini-Lungs grown in lab dishes are close to yet real thing
Realistic mini-lungs, grown in lab dishes using adult stem cells, feature all cell types that make up the human organ and allow testing of new treatments for respiratory diseases.
“This human disease model will now allow us to test drug efficacy and toxicity, and reject ineffective compounds early in the process at Phase 0 before human clinical trials begin,” said Pradipta Ghosh, MD, professor, director of the Institute for Network Medicine and executive director of the HUMANOID (CoRE) at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Source: UC San Diego Health Sciences
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