Description :  

Attempts to augment and replace the cornea with synthetic materials have been met with limited success.  Although natural materials often have good biocompatibility, they lack the strength to support tissue regeneration and the ability to withstand the natural wound remodeling process.  It is advantageous, therefore, to consider combination strategies for leveraging the advantages of synthetic and natural materials for tissue engineering applications.  This project will integrate novel chemistry, micro/nanofabrication, and cell biology methods to first understand and then control corneal both epithelial and stromal cell-material interactions as a method to engineer an effective corneal replacement/augmentation material.

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Principal Investigator:  Dua, Sumeet  --  Computer Science

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Funding Agencies:  NIH through LSU

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Amount Awarded:  383,421

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