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 …

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 …

Ocular disorders, encompassing both common ailments like dry eye syndrome and more
severe situations for instance age-related macular degeneration, present significant …

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 …

Corneal transplantation constitutes one of the major treatments in severe cases of corneal
diseases. The lack of cornea donors as well as other limitations of corneal transplantation …

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 …

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

Silk fibroin (SF) is an excellent protein-based biomaterial produced by the degumming and
purification of silk from cocoons of the Bombyx mori through alkali or enzymatic treatments …