Research team was led by Dr Falguni Pati, an Associate Professor at Department of Bio-medical Engineering at IIT-H.
Hydrogel was developed from discarded corneas of human and bovine sources using novel and simple method.
The team discovered the most significant feature of this tissue-specific hydrogel in order to prevent cells from scar tissue formation.
Tissue formation is attributed to micro-Environment which cannot be offered by any synthetic or other natural material.
Hydrogel is capable of being injected because of its two phases viz., liquid and gel on the basis of incubation temperature.