Researchers aim to cut risk of cornea transplant rejection

The Irish Times - Tuesday, February 14, 2012 by CLAIRE O'CONNELL

RESEARCHERS IN Galway are developing a way to modify donor corneas before they are transplanted, with a view to reducing the risk of rejection.

More than 100,000 corneal transplant procedures are carried out worldwide each year, according to researcher Dr Thomas Ritter, a senior lecturer in medicine at NUI Galway and a principal investigator at the Regenerative Medicine Institute.

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