Bioengineered corneas--the promise and the challenge.

摘要: The promise of bioengineered replacements for diseased or damaged tissues has become a reality, notably skin and cartilage. article by Tsai et al. in this issue the Journal 1 demonstrates nascent form technology that may provide new tool reconstructing ocular surfaces previously would have been unrepairable. Conditions such as Stevens–Johnson syndrome, cicatricial pemphigoid, chemical burns, among others, can severely compromise cause catastrophic visual loss otherwise healthy eyes; problems afflict thousands patients North America every year.2 global burden blindness . . .