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Tissue engineering can help restore the protective barrier functions of the skin.
Current research can create tissues at a micro-scale of less than half a millimetre.
One project regenerates a small, specific tissue in the eyelid with benefits for patients.
For the regeneration of eyelid tissue, a hydrogel made from the waste shells of crustaceans had used.
Research is focused on using magnetic fields to generate an external force for sticking the cells together.
Professor O’Connor has also worked with breast tissue reconstruction which progressed to a clinical trial.
Research lead by professor O'Connor, head of the department of biomedical engineering in MELB.
