TOKYO-- March 04, 2022 -- A much efficient human cadaver donor-corneal transportation method, developed by Japanese scientists, may increase the availability of donated eyes to millions of patients with corneal blindness, waiting for corneal transplantation restoring vision. The OPTRACT method, better preserving human buccal tissue and cartilage during transport between hospitals and laboratories, reverses cellular aging, beside being granted a Japanese patent for functional enhancement of immune cells under micro-gravity. These accomplishments harbinger a futuristic strategy of evaluating the implications of inter-stellar environments on human cells aboard a space station without gravity, which if defies aging related damages, may yield solutions to frailty of aging, researchers opine.

Cell therapies in regenerative medicine involve tissue harvesting in hospitals, transporting to cell processing facilities, isolating, culturing cells, and preserving for varying durations until transplantation to patients.

Scientists with Inter-disciplinary expertise have accomplished the following path-breaking solutions, using chemically concocted polymer scaffolds: