For the estimated 12.7 million people around the world who are blind due to corneal stromal disease, a transplanted cornea from a human donor is the only way of regaining vision. But just one in 70 ...

From bionic eyes to cell and gene therapies in clinical therapies, it's an exciting time for emerging technologies aiming to treat blindness and the visually impaired.

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Several patients in a revolutionary clinical trial regained their ability to read when they received an extraordinary electronic eye implant that's paired with augmented reality glasses. Finally, ...

Science fiction promised us a 21st century filled with flying cars, robotic neighbors, and bionic body parts. While our robot besties and their flying cars are apparently running late, mechanically ...

Life Biosciences is pushing cellular rejuvenation into the clinic with ER-100, an experimental gene ...

It's been about seven years since researchers used the CRISPER gene-editing system to reverse a blindness-inducing condition called retinitis pigmentosa in stem cells outside the body. Now, using a ...

Amblyopia, often called lazy eye, develops when the brain fails to receive balanced input from both eyes early in life. One eye becomes dominant, while the other lags behind. Standard care relies on ...

For the first time, researchers have restored some vision to people with a common type of eye disease by using a prosthetic retinal implant. If approved for broader use in the future, the treatment ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Electronic retinal implants like the PRIMA system can partially restore central vision in ...