The use of amniotic membrane in ophthalmic surgery and other surgical procedures in the
fields of dermatology, plastic surgery, genitourinary medicine and otolaryngology is on the …

Human amniotic membrane (hAM) has been employed as scaffolding material in a wide
range of tissue engineering applications, especially as a skin dressing and as a graft for …

The amniotic membrane (AM) is the innermost layer of the fetal placenta, which surrounds
and protects the fetus. Its unique structure, in addition to its physical and biological …

Placental structures, capable to persist in a genetically foreign organism, are a natural
model of allogeneic engraftment carrying a number of distinctive properties. In this review …

Replacing defective retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells with those derived from human
embryonic stem cells (hESCs) or human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) is a …

A protocol for processing amniotic membrane as an extract to be re-hydrated and
administered topically as eye drops (amniotic membrane extract eye drops, AMEED) has …

Corneal trauma and ulcerations are leading causes of corneal blindness around the world.
These lesions require attentive medical monitoring since improper healing or infection has …

In this study, we engineered an electrospun keratin/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofiber
membrane with a three-dimensional (3D) fiber network. Both keratin and PVA are known as …

Amniotic membrane (AM) is a biological tissue that surrounds the fetus in the mother's
womb. It has pluripotent cells, immune modulators, collagen, cytokines with anti-fibrotic and …

The prevalence of degenerative retinal disease is ever increasing as life expectancy rises
globally. The human retina fails to regenerate and the use of human embryonic stem cells …