Development of a novel bioengineered tissue construct for repairing the eye.

Funding Activity

Website
http://grants.uberresearch.com/501100000925/http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/553038/Development-of-a-novel-material-for-repairing-the-eye

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Corneal diseases are often treated using donor tissue transplants. Nevertheless, donor tissue is unsuitable for treating the peripheral or limbal margin of the cornea. We have therefore developed a way to transplant sheets of limbal tissue (epithelium) grown in the laboratory from a patient's own cells, but this tissue lacks a foundation of connective tissue that we believe is essential for sustained healing. Thus, our aim is to develop a novel limbal transplant which contains both layers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $335,817.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Opthalmology And Vision Science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Cornea | Corneal grafting | Electrospinning | Eye | Eye injuries | Limbus | Ocular surface disease | Pterygium | Silk protein

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