Laura Domigan on growing bio-materials for eye surgery

250 corneal transplants are performed in New Zealand each year. More are needed but, as with most organ transplants, there are not enough donors.

MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigator, Dr Laura Domigan, University of Auckland, is working with ophthalmic surgeons to learn all she can about eye anatomy.

On RNZ's Nine to Noon, she discusses her research creating biomaterials that are strong enough to replace or repair corneal tissue, degrade at the same rate as the host cells and are also accepted by the surrounding cells.