Blinking Artificial Human Eye Replica for Disease Modeling and Drug Testing

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  • TBMG-37633
Published September 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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People who spend eight or more hours a day staring at a computer screen may notice their eyes becoming tired or dry and if those conditions are severe enough, they may eventually develop dry eye disease (DED). DED is a common disease with few FDA-approved drug options, partially because of the difficulties of modeling the complex pathophysiology in human eyes.