Development of a novel bioengineered tissue construct for repairing the eye.

角膜疾病通常采用供体组织移植治疗。然而，供体组织不适合治疗角膜周围或边缘边缘。因此，我们开发了一种从患者自身细胞中移植实验室培养的边缘组织（上皮）片的方法，但这种组织缺乏结缔组织的基础，我们认为结缔组织是持续愈合所必需的。因此，我们的目标是开发一种包含两层的新型角膜缘移植。

Corneal diseases are often treated using donor tissue transplants. Nevertheless, donor tissue is unsuitable for treating the peripheral or limbal margin of the cornea. We have therefore developed a way to transplant sheets of limbal tissue (epithelium) grown in the laboratory from a patient's own cells, but this tissue lacks a foundation of connective tissue that we believe is essential for sustained healing. Thus, our aim is to develop a novel limbal transplant which contains both layers.