The cornea modelling sub-group of MoLES have recently published work exploring quantitative diagnostics for corneal wound healing in patients with limbal stem cell deficiency. This work was conducted by PhD student Patrick Parkinson, and led by MoLES members Dr Laura Wadkin and Prof Anvar Shukurov, in collaboration with leading stem cell scientist Prof Majlinda Lako and expert clinician Prof Francisco Figueiredo.

Their research focuses on harnessing data from cellular images of the corneal epithelium to extract meaningful parameters and quantify the corneal wound healing process in patients who have had a limbal stem cell transplant. They show that cell area is a sensitive and easily accessible marker of corneal epithelial recovery.

Read more here: IVCM image analysis for limbal stem cell deficiency: quantitative diagnostics of the corneal epithelium post-transplant recovery.