Michel Haagdorens
LISBON, Portugal — Collagen-like peptide hydrogels show encouraging results in preliminary studies and are a promising alternative for human donor corneas, according to a speaker.
“Corneal transplantation is highly effective and is the most common tissue graft technique, but immune rejection is still an issue in some cases. In addition, the global shortage of donor corneas strongly indicates the need for lab-grown alternatives,” Michel Haagdorens, MD, said at the EuCornea meeting.
Both synthetic and recombinant human collagen type I and III are cross-linked to
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