{"id":200360,"date":"2022-08-17T19:42:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T14:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=200360"},"modified":"2022-08-17T19:42:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T14:12:37","slug":"explained-corneas-bioengineered-from-pig-collagen-can-restore-sight-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-corneas-bioengineered-from-pig-collagen-can-restore-sight-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: Corneas bioengineered from pig collagen can restore sight, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Explained: Corneas bioengineered from pig collagen can restore sight, study finds<\/b><b>\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in <\/span><b>Indian Express <\/b>on<b> 17th August 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers in Sweden have developed a successful alternative \u2014 bioengineered cornea implants made of collagen derived from pig skin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This implant was then used to successfully restore the vision of 20 people in India and Iran, most of whom were blind due to keratoconus, a disease that leads to thinning of the cornea.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Cornea?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cornea is the clear outer layer at the front of the eye. The cornea helps the eye to focus light so that one can see clearly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Damage to the cornea is one of the leading causes of blindness across the world leaving approximately 12.7 million people blind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers claim that there is a severe shortage of donated human corneas with only one available for 70 patients. Logistical and storage difficulties, along with expensive surgical equipment, further burden those living in low- and middle-income countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What have researchers developed to overcome this shortage?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a substitute for human corneas, the researchers <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have developed a successful alternative \u2014 bioengineered cornea implants made of collagen derived from pig skin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Benefits: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This method is not only cheaper and easier to access than donated corneas but requires a less invasive procedure and can be stored for a significantly longer period \u2014 up to two years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cExplained: Corneas bioengineered from pig collagen can restore sight, study finds\u201d published in Indian Express on 17th August 2022. What is the News? Researchers in Sweden have developed a successful alternative \u2014 bioengineered cornea implants made of collagen derived from pig skin.\u00a0 This implant was then used&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-corneas-bioengineered-from-pig-collagen-can-restore-sight-study-finds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: Corneas bioengineered from pig collagen can restore sight, study finds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-200360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704861261},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}