Synthetic polymers have been an integral part of modern society since the early 1960s.
Besides their most well-known applications to the public, such as packaging, construction …

The cornea is a specialized, transparent, avascular, immune-privileged, and heavily
innervated tissue that affords 2/3rd of refraction to the eye. Ocular injuries, infections, and …

As a milestone in therapeutic fields, tissue engineering has offered an alternative strategy to
address unmet clinical needs for the repair and replacement of human damaged organs …

Biomaterials that mimic corneal stroma could decrease the need for donor corneal tissue
and could decrease the prevalence of complications associated with corneal …

Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technology has attracted a great deal of interest
because it can be easily adapted to many industries and research sectors, such as …

We aimed to construct a biodegradable transparent scaffold for culturing corneal endothelial
cells by incorporating chitosan nanoparticles (CSNPs) into chitosan/polycaprolactone (PCL) …

Many tissues in vivo exhibit structural anisotropy, which endows them with orientation-
specific properties and functions. Structurally anisotropic hydrogels have emerged as …

For the majority of patients with severe corneal injury or disease, corneal transplantation is
the only suitable treatment option. Unfortunately, the demand for donor corneas greatly …

In this review, materials based on polymers and hybrids possessing both organic and
inorganic contents for repairing or facilitating cell growth in tissue engineering are …

Collagen has shown promising potential in biomedical fields due to its high biocompatibility,
abundance of resources, ease of flexible modification, and potential for active targeting. The …