Materials science and technology are our passion. With our cutting-edge research, Empa's around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well-being of society for a future worth living. Empa is a research institution of the ETH Domain. […]
An insult to the cornea - if untreated - eventually leads to corneal opacification and blindness. Around 90 % of the cases occur in developing countries, and most of these cases would be preventable with appropriate treatment. We are therefore developing an optically transparent, engineered corneal transplant based on a double network hydrogel that...