Can we predict clinical success rate of ocular transplantations based on how the cells look?

What is it about?

Clinical success rates following transplantation of cultured cells to the eye (ocular transplantation) are dependent on how the cells are behaving before transplantation. However, the very process of finding out how they're behaving can impair their use. So, can we predict clinical success rate of ocular transplantations based on how the cells look - without damaging them?

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Why is it important?

This study describes a non-invasive, objective and computer-based method of determining the phenotype of cultured epithelium before transplantation.