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Algae May Be The Key to Curing Blindness

Algae May Be The Key to Curing Blindness

A gene in algae may make it possible to cure blindness in humans.

 

Lab-made retina using stem cells

Lab-made retina using stem cells

A part of the eye that is essential for vision has been created in the laboratory from animal stem cells, offering hope to the blind and partially sighted.

 

Stem cells reverse blindness caused by chemical burns

Stem cells reverse blindness caused by chemical burns

Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored ...

 

Nose Camera and Eye Implants Help Blind Woman to See Again

Nose Camera and Eye Implants Help Blind Woman to See Again

Blindness first began creeping up on Barbara Campbell when she was a teenager, and by her late 30s, her eye disease had stolen what was left of her sight.

 

Blinded woman seeks eye-for-eye justice

An Iranian woman living in Spain said Wednesday she welcomed a Tehran court ruling that awards her eye-for-an-eye justice against a suitor who blinded her with acid.

 

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