News tagged with degenerative eye disease
Solar-panel-like retinal prosthesis could better restore sight to blind
(Phys.org) -- Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people ...
May 13, 2012 |
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Experimental treatments restore partial vision to blind people
Two experimental treatments, a retinal prosthesis and fetal tissue transplant, restored some vision to people with blinding eye diseases. The findings, presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Retinal rescue: Cells derived from human embryonic stem cells reverse retinal degeneration
A new study reports that transplanted pigment-containing visual cells derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) successfully preserved structure and function of the specialized light-sensitive lining of the eye (known ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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