New technique generates rod photoreceptors that integrate into the retina and brain. Researchers funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) have reversed congenital blindness in mice by chan... Read more
In mouse models, advanced gene editing tool reprogrammed photoreceptor rods to mutation-resistant cones Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9, researchers at University of California San D... Read more
With high-resolution retinal prosthesis built from nanowires and wireless electronics, engineers are one step closer to restoring neurons’ ability to respond to light A team of engineers at... Read more
A potential precision medicine approach for treating vision loss Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and University of Iowa scientists have used a new gene-editing technology called CR... Read more
Patients’ own cells transformed into model for studying disease and developing potential treatment Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have created a way to develop persona... Read more
One of a select number of clinical centers in 12 major U.S. markets to offer this breakthrough technology University Hospitals (UH) Eye Institute will be one of the first medical centers in... Read more
Researchers led by biomedical engineering Professor Shy Shoham of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are testing the power of holography to artificially stimulate cells in the eye,... Read more
The system is designed to treat near blindness caused by retinitis pigmentosa While the word prosthesis usually evokes images of artificial legs, arms, and these days even sophisticated thou... Read more
Improvements of 96 percent in object localization After receiving European market approval for its Argus II Retinal Prosthesis in 2011, Second Sight has published interim results of a... Read more
The Argus II Retinal Implant from California-based company Second Sight has become the first retinal prosthesis for treatment of the blind approved for sale in Europe. The approval follows a... Read more
Research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals that a group of researchers based in Germany have developed a retinal implant that has allowed three blind people to see shap... Read more
