HYDERABAD: In a research gift to the nation on the 75th Independence Day, Hyderabad scientists have developed India’s first 3D-printed cornea and successfully tested it in a rabbit.
Though it may take years of further research before the 3D-printed cornea can be used in human beings, the success in the animal model provides the much needed hope to the people blinded due to corneal reasons. Developed from the human corneal tissue by teams from LV Prasad Eye Institute, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, and the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), the cornea is natural and does not involve any artificial material.
