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Several dozen patients with vision loss due to a progressive form of blindness called age-related macular degeneration (AMD) regained some of their central vision thanks to an eye implant paired with a set of smart glasses. The study was published Monday in The New England Journal of Medicine, and researchers report that patients could see well enough using the technology …

People with a leading cause of blindness were able to read again thanks to a tiny wireless chip implanted in the back of the eye and specialized augmented glasses, according to study results published Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The trial involved 38 European patients, all of whom had an advanced stage of dry age-related macular degeneration …

An electrical device implanted under the retina helps to restore some visual acuity to people with age-related macular degeneration.Credit: Science Corporation Scientists have used an eye implant to improve the vision of dozens of people left functionally blind by age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The implant, which measures 2 millimetres by 2 millimetres, and is just 30 micrometres thick, is surgically …

Fergus WalshMedical editor Sheila Irvine, who is registered blind, punches the air with joy at being able to read again A group of blind patients can now read again after being fitted with a life-changing implant at the back of the eye. A surgeon who inserted the microchips in five patients at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London says the results …

Vision Restored Using Prosthetic Retinal Implant  The New York Times Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again  BBC Blindness cured with ‘revolutionary’ bionic chip  The Telegraph Experts hail ‘remarkable’ success of electronic implant in restoring sight  The Guardian This retina implant lets people with vision loss do a crossword puzzle  MIT Technology Review Source link

An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential “new era” in tackling blindness. Doctors who implanted the sim card-shaped prosthetic devices say they have helped many of the 38 elderly patients in the trial regain their ability to read letters, numbers and words. …

In a step toward increasing access to donor organs, scientists have converted a blood-type-A kidney to blood type O and then transplanted it into a brain-dead person. The kidney, which had essentially been turned into a universal transplant organ, functioned well for two days before showing signs of rejection. With refinement, this strategy could pave the way for shorter waits …

Eighteen months ago, a paralyzed man made history with a brain chip the size of a coin. Today, he’s playing video games, studying neuroscience, and opening doors with his mind. This is no longer the stuff of sci-fi — it’s one man’s very real, very human story of hope and high-tech transformation. A chip that rewrote his daily life Noland …

Lynn Milam (right) says that a nerve-stimulating implant has dramatically improved her rheumatoid arthritis, allowing her and her husband, Donald, to regain the life they once enjoyed together. Lynn Milam hide caption toggle caption Lynn Milam For more than four years, Lynn Milam’s life was bound by the pain that radiated from her swollen joints. “My children could not hug …

“I told the doctor after surgery that he saved my life. No less,” recalls Amir, now 72, who remarried and rebuilt his life after years of illness and loss. “For years before the implant, I was a broken man. By day, I was a successful businessman, but at night I felt like a rag — powerless in bed, hopeless, ashamed. …