Post by beauty on Mar 4, 2012 4:54:42 GMT -5
World's first artificial cornea was born, and the same contact lens materials
British scientists is expected to become the founder of the artificial cornea, artificial cornea will save millions of patients living in the dark world.
Lancaster University and Sheffield University research techniques involved in the study is a world leader. Bioengineering and Biological Sciences Research Foundation provided $ 1,080,000 in funding from the experiments.
About 100 million people suffering from different corneal diseases eventual blindness Of these, nearly half of them because of lack of artificial donated cornea and thus can not be recovered bright.
In some countries, such as India and China, due to the impact of traditional people in the donation of human organs appears to be very negative, even in the UK, patients are usually several months to get a donated cornea.
Lancaster Department of Biology, Nigel Fullwood artificial cornea developed within five years.
The cornea is equivalent to a transparent window in the structure of the human eye, it is only half a millimeter thick, the same as to focus light onto the retina like a lens.
Many cases will lead to the occurrence of corneal disease, such as genetic, too strong ultraviolet radiation, infection or accident. Serious disease of the cornea will eventually blindness.
This situation prompted British scientists find new ways, so that patients do not rely on the cornea, corneal transplants have been successful in most cases, the artificial cornea donated after all, not all patients are able to accept the treatment, contributions to obtain the light.
Fullwood said, the development of artificial cornea has already begun many years ago, but so far without success. "We are using a new method to solve this problem, the hydrogel polymer as the material, this material contains a large number of water molecules, it can also be used to make lenses of this material to improve until it is very close to the human cornea can be used to transplant, if successful, the patient is not hard to wait for someone to donate the cornea, corneal transplantation can be carried out at any time as cataract surgery using the plastic lens. "Fullwood hope that this kinds of artificial cornea after three years can enter clinical trials. Of course, this technology will bring considerable economic returns.
Fullwood said: "Our ultimate goal is to make all corneal disease patients can be recovered bright."
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British scientists is expected to become the founder of the artificial cornea, artificial cornea will save millions of patients living in the dark world.
Lancaster University and Sheffield University research techniques involved in the study is a world leader. Bioengineering and Biological Sciences Research Foundation provided $ 1,080,000 in funding from the experiments.
About 100 million people suffering from different corneal diseases eventual blindness Of these, nearly half of them because of lack of artificial donated cornea and thus can not be recovered bright.
In some countries, such as India and China, due to the impact of traditional people in the donation of human organs appears to be very negative, even in the UK, patients are usually several months to get a donated cornea.
Lancaster Department of Biology, Nigel Fullwood artificial cornea developed within five years.
The cornea is equivalent to a transparent window in the structure of the human eye, it is only half a millimeter thick, the same as to focus light onto the retina like a lens.
Many cases will lead to the occurrence of corneal disease, such as genetic, too strong ultraviolet radiation, infection or accident. Serious disease of the cornea will eventually blindness.
This situation prompted British scientists find new ways, so that patients do not rely on the cornea, corneal transplants have been successful in most cases, the artificial cornea donated after all, not all patients are able to accept the treatment, contributions to obtain the light.
Fullwood said, the development of artificial cornea has already begun many years ago, but so far without success. "We are using a new method to solve this problem, the hydrogel polymer as the material, this material contains a large number of water molecules, it can also be used to make lenses of this material to improve until it is very close to the human cornea can be used to transplant, if successful, the patient is not hard to wait for someone to donate the cornea, corneal transplantation can be carried out at any time as cataract surgery using the plastic lens. "Fullwood hope that this kinds of artificial cornea after three years can enter clinical trials. Of course, this technology will bring considerable economic returns.
Fullwood said: "Our ultimate goal is to make all corneal disease patients can be recovered bright."
giftsorg.web.fc2.com/
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