Tag Archives: blindness

Retina Implant Restores Vision, Lets Cyborgs See IR Spectrum!

Scientists in Germany have developed a retina implant to restore vision to the blind that hints at the augmentation cyborgs [...]

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Biosynthetic Cornea Completes Phase I Trials

Researchers in Canada and Sweden have successfully treated corneal damage by implanting human collagen into patient’s eyes. According to results [...]

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Implantable Eye Telescope That Treats AMD Now FDA Approved

A telescopic implant that fits directly into the eye to treat certain kinds of blindness has finally received FDA approval [...]

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Talking With A Surgeon Who Implanted Telescopes in Eyes

You may remember our earlier story on implantable miniature telescopes that helped treat blindness. Well, I had the good fortune [...]

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Tooth Transplanted into Eye Helps Cure Blindness

When you are blind and trying to restore your sight, you’ll try anything. I mean, anything. US doctors have recently [...]

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Stem Cell Therapy Cures Corneal Blindness

Researchers at Australia’s University of New South Wales have used an elegant stem-cell based treatment to treat corneal opacity in 3 [...]

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A Clinical Cure for Blindness Using Stem Cells

Old age is bliss.  There’s a nest egg in the bank account and nothing needs to be done but spoil [...]

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