A New Look for Corneal Transplants

This week we take a closer look at corneal blindness. With corneal transplants in short supply, the recent development of synthetic corneas offers hope in the fight against this...

06 September 2010

Presented by Smitha Mundasad.

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Dr. May Griffith displays a biosynthetic cornea that can be implanted into the eye to repair damage and restore sight

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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

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This week we take a closer look at corneal blindness. With corneal transplants in short supply, the recent development of synthetic corneas offers hope in the fight against this leading cause of vision-loss worldwide. Smitha Mundasad speaks to Dr May Griffith about her team's work - creating corneas in a lab.