The silk structural protein fibroin displays potential for use in tissue engineering. We present
here our opinion of its value as a biomaterial for reconstructing tissues of clinical …

Corneal blindness is one of the most common causes of vision loss worldwide, affecting
millions of people. To treat these patients, researchers have been examining different …

Tissue engineering of the cornea could overcome shortages of donor corneas for
transplantation and improve quality. Our aim was to grow an endothelial layer on a …

The biomedical use of silk as a suture dates back to antiquity. Fibroin is the structural
element that determines the strength of silk and here we consider the safety of fibroin in its …

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can monitor human donor corneas non-invasively
during the de-swelling process following storage for corneal transplantation, but currently …

To overcome the serious shortage of donor corneas for transplantation, alternatives based
on tissue engineering need to be developed. Decellularized corneas are one potential …

We have compared the effects of different sterilization techniques on the properties of
Bombyx mori silk fibroin thin films with the view to subsequent use for corneal tissue …

Decellularized porcine corneal scaffolds are a potential alternative to human cornea for
keratoplasty. Although clinical trials have reported promising results, there can be corneal …

The effect upon endothelial cell survival of (a) PVP and (b) the cooling rate was investigated
during the cryopreservation of rabbit corneas with 3 mol/liter dimethyl suffoxide (Me 2 SO) …

Teleost myoglobin (Mb) proteins from four fish species inhabiting different temperature
environments were used to investigate the relationship between protein function and …