Refleksi : Menurut harian Swedia " Dagens Nyheter", 26 Aug. 2010 dikatakan bahwa cornea ini akan bisa diperoleh untuk umum dalam waktu kurang lebih 5 tahun yang akan datang, sekalipun test selama ini menunjukan hasil psotif.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/artificial-corneas-a-sight-for-sore-eyes-20100826-13u3j.html Artificial corneas a sight for sore eyes Richard Alleyne, London August 27, 2010 ARTIFICIAL corneas grown in a laboratory have been transplanted into patients for the first time in operations that offer hope to millions of partly sighted people. Scientists believe the breakthrough could dramatically cut the waiting list for cornea transplants. The new technique involves growing human tissue or collagen in a lab and shaping it using a contact lens mould. Damaged and scarred tissue from the front of the eye is removed and the ''biosynthetic'' replacement stitched in its place. Existing cells and nerves in the eye grow over the artificial cornea, incorporating it fully into the eye. The first trials of the operation have shown that it is just as successful as live tissue transplantation and in some cases patients have had their sight fully restored. Dr May Griffiths of Linkoping University, in Sweden, said: ''We were very excited by the results. ''This study is the first to show an artificially fabricated cornea can integrate with the human eye and stimulate regeneration. With further research, this approach could help restore sight to millions of people who are waiting for a donated human cornea for transplantation. There is a shortage of donors and this could solve that problem. It can also be done at a fraction of the cost.'' A clinical trial of 10 patients with damaged corneas whose damaged tissue was operated on and replaced with the artificial cornea, found vision improved in six cases. After contact lens fitting, the patients' sight was comparable to conventional corneal transplantation with human donor tissue, according to the findings published in Science Translational Medicine. TELEGRAPH
