Novel device may help restore total eye function
An international consortium of researchers is developing a new method to bring eyes back to life from deceased body donors for clinical research purposes.
Coordinated by Pia Cosma at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), based in Barcelona, the group is creating a device that resuscitates eyes from the dead.
The research group will develop artificial blood to provide cells with oxygen and nutrients, kick-starting the activity of nerve cells and restoring total eye function. Artificial vitreous humour will maintain the eye ocular pressure.
The device, code named ECaBox, will be a transparent, cubic box that mimics conditions in the living human eye, maintaining the eye s temperature and pH levels while avoiding blood clots and removing metabolic waste and toxins.
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Credit: Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
An international consortium of researchers is developing a new method to bring eyes back to life from deceased body donors for clinical research purposes.
Coordinated by Pia Cosma at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), based in Barcelona, the group is creating a device that resuscitates eyes from the dead. The research group will develop artificial blood to provide cells with oxygen and nutrients, kick-starting the activity of nerve cells and restoring total eye function. Artificial vitreous humour will maintain the eye ocular pressure.