The device helped people with an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration, which affects about 1 million people in ...

Scientists have developed glasses that give real-time instructions to help blind people navigate without assistance dogs, canes or other humans. Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China ...

"Before receiving the implant, it was like having two black discs in my eyes, with the outside distorted," said Sheila Irvine ...

“Where this dead retina was a complete blind spot, vision was restored,” Dr. Frank Holz, the study’s lead author and an ...

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Emeline Lakrout, a busy New Yorker with a knack for running, rock climbing and swimming, doesn't let being legally blind stop her from living an active lifestyle. Despite being declared blind at 8 ...

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A groundbreaking retinal implant called PRIMA has enabled blind patients with dry AMD to read again. The chip, powered by ...

Of the 38 patients with age-related macular degeneration, 80% were able to read again after having the eye implant and using ...

The device helps the blind "to detect light and dark in the environment." Feb. 16, 2013— -- People who have lost their vision as a result of a rare genetic disease may soon be able to have some ...

The treatment involves inserting a tiny implant thinner than human hair under the retina. Patients then have to wear glasses ...