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Tag Archives: cornea
3D corneal organoids for disease modelling and limbal stem cell deficiency cell therapy research
Dulce Lima Cunha is a postdoctoral researcher from UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, currently working at Radboud University in the Netherlands. Currently, her main research interests are uncovering rare disease mechanisms using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived 2D and 3D models … Continue reading
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Tagged Conference, Conference 2024, cornea, Dulce Lima Cunha, Limbal stem cells, research
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Progress on developing eyedrops to treat aniridia-associated keratopathy
Professor Martin Collinson is based at The Institute of Medical Sciences in the University of Aberdeen, and has been working on the roles of the PAX6 gene in eye development and adult life for over 25 years. He enjoys opportunities to … Continue reading
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Tagged Conference, Conference 2024, cornea, keratopathy, Martin Collinson, PAX6, research
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Cornea Connect 2019
#CorneaConnect was a fantastic day discussing aniridia with medical researchers and patients at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital. It aimed to bring aniridia patients together with scientists and clinicians in the Cells For Sight team, to learn about cornea research and … Continue reading
Graham’s story of life with aniridia and stem cell treatment
Graham has written a blog post about growing up in the UK with aniridia and losing sight due to glaucoma/cataracts. He also writes about the recent initial success at restoring some sight by transplanting stem cells that began in his … Continue reading
Cornea tattoos
Recent press and meeting reports have described corneal tattooing as a potential solution for poor vision caused by injuries to or disease of the iris, up to and including total aniridia. It is probably important to realise at the start that corneal tattooing … Continue reading
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