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According to the World Health Organization, trachoma causes corneal blindness in 10 million people worldwide, with another 4.9 million suffering from complete blindness as a result of corneal scarring. Even with a sufficient number of potential cornea donors, there is a significant gap between supply and demand for transplantable corneas. Because of the unmet clinical need for cornea donors, more effort is being put into the production of artificial corneal replacements, which must meet stringent requirements in order to behave like the natural cornea.