{"id":168774,"date":"2023-07-31T20:22:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T01:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/healing-power-of-light-biomimetic-materials-pulsed-with-low-energy-blue-light-can-reshape-damaged-corneas"},"modified":"2023-07-31T20:22:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T01:22:28","slug":"healing-power-of-light-biomimetic-materials-pulsed-with-low-energy-blue-light-can-reshape-damaged-corneas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/healing-power-of-light-biomimetic-materials-pulsed-with-low-energy-blue-light-can-reshape-damaged-corneas","title":{"rendered":"Healing Power of Light: Biomimetic Materials Pulsed With Low-Energy Blue Light Can Reshape Damaged Corneas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/healing-power-of-light-biomimetic-materials-pulsed-with-low-energy-blue-light-can-reshape-damaged-corneas2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A new study reveals that biomimetic materials, when pulsed with low-energy blue light, can reshape damaged corneas, including increasing their thickness. The findings have the potential to affect millions of people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A team of University of Ottawa researchers and their collaborators have uncovered the immense potential of an injectable biomaterial that is triggered by low-energy blue light pulses for immediate repair of the eye\u2019s domed outer layer.<\/p>\n<p>Following a design approach guided by biomimicry\u2014innovation that takes inspiration from nature\u2014the multidisciplinary researchers\u2019 compelling results show that a novel light-activated material can be used to effectively reshape and thicken damaged corneal tissue, promoting healing and recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study reveals that biomimetic materials, when pulsed with low-energy blue light, can reshape damaged corneas, including increasing their thickness. The findings have the potential to affect millions of people. A team of University of Ottawa researchers and their collaborators have uncovered the immense potential of an injectable biomaterial that is triggered by low-energy [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}