New Mechanism Identified Behind Leading Cause of Blindness
Findings in worms suggest structural integrity of the eye’s light-sensing cells important for age-related macular degeneration Using laboratory-grown roundworms as well as human and mouse…
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Experimental Brain Implant Restores Visual Perception to the Blind [Video]
With wireless device, patients can detect motion, distinguish light and dark. Of the nearly 39 million people worldwide who are legally blind, many were born…
Organic Pigment Photocapacitors May Restore Sight to Blind People
A simple retinal prosthesis is being developed in collaboration between Tel Aviv University in Israel and LiU. Fabricated using cheap and widely-available organic pigments used…
Blind Golden Moles Have a Blue-Green Iridescent Sheen, a Rare Example in Mammals
Golden moles, mammals forming the family of Chrysochloridae, which taxonomically is distinct from true moles but to which they resemble due to species convergence, are…
Gene Therapy Improves Eye Function in Patients
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used gene therapy to improve the vision…