Brussels, 04/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is contributing 2.56 million euros (of a total cost of 4.37 million) to a research project on human cornea reconstruction, which could revolutionise ophthalmic surgery and help limit testing on animals for the effects of chemicals on the eye. The researchers will use tissue-engineering nanotechnologies to create a 3-dimensional human cornea in vitro. They have set an objective of replacing the external layer of the cornea to...