Tissue Engineering for Corneal Regeneration
The following sections are included:
Introduction
Physiology and Structure of the Human Cornea
Corneal Cell Types
Artificial Corneal Implants and Their Limitations
Corneal onlays and inlays
Artificial corneas
Tissue Engineering of the Human Cornea
Scaffold materials
Corneal stem cell sources
Tissue culture and transplantation
Tissue Engineering of Carrier-Free Corneal Epithelial Cell Sheets for Transplantation
Challenges and Concerns
Ethical and Socio-Economic Implications
New Developments
References