Mammalian Animal and Human Retinal Organ Culture as Pre-Clinical Model to Evaluate Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Intraocular Therapeutics.

Oxidative stress (OS) is involved in the pathogenesis of retinal neurodegenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy (DR) and an important target of therapeutic treatments. New therapeutics are tested in vivo despite limits in terms of transferability and ethical concerns. Retina cultures using human tissue can deliver critical information and significantly reduce the number of animal experiments along with increased transferability.

Design and implementation of transaction privacy by virtue of ownership and traceability in blockchain based supply chain.

Blockchain was at the top of the 2016 Gartner hype cycle and has been integrated into business profiles by numerous start-ups. Since the emergence of blockchain through Bitcoin, studies have been conducted to increase blockchain applications for nonfinancial uses. A supply chain is a sector where blockchain is anticipated to have crucial applications.