September 30, 2021 8:58 AM
IIT-Hyderabad researchers developed an alternative to corneal transplantation
<span style="color: #222222;">Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-Hyderabad) researchers have developed an alternative to corneal transplantation. Dr Falguni Pati, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at the IIT-Hyderabad and his research team have developed a hydrogel from discarded corneas from human and bovine sources using a simple and novel method. In an unexpected happening, the team discovered the most striking feature of this tissue-specifi...