New hope for the vision-impaired
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A Canadian-led research team has shown it is not only possible but relatively easy to harvest stem cells from human eyes that could help fight blindness and degenerative eye disorders.
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NEW YORK  - A new approach that permits   wider visual perception in patients with severely restricted   peripheral field allows quicker and more accurate ability to   detect objects outside their field of vision, suggest results   of a pilot study.
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A drug has been found to slow a common cause of vision loss - and even improve sight in some patients.
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Patients whose eyes have been damaged by injuries or disease could have their eyesight restored in a new technique that uses membrane from the mouth to restore corneas, Japanese researchers have announced.
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The Food and Drug Administration Friday approved a new drug designed to treat the leading cause of blindness in older Americans.
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The discovery of a new &#39;blindness&#39; gene could help doctors save thousands of people&#39;s sight, UK scientists hope. A team at Leeds University located the faulty DNA code behind a rare form of retinal disease that runs in families.
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What can manufacturers do to make devices more accessible to the blind?.
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Early tests are raising hopes that a new device can help people who've injured their spinal cord.
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Thin sheets of cheek tissue can be used to replace the damaged corneas of people blinded by certain eye diseases, Japanese researchers reported Wednesday.
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Crossing the road may soon be as straightforward -- and safe -- for blind and visually impaired people as it is for someone with good eyesight, thanks to a new device that acts as an &quot;electronic eye.
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Researchers will report today that cells grown from human embryonic stem cells slowed vision loss when injected into the eyes of rats with a disease similar to macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people older than 55.
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(National-NBC) Sept. 3, 2004 - An experimental implantable contact lens is showing promise in helping nearsighted people see without glasses.
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A new cellular application promises to help vision-impaired people who can't read the screen of a mobile phone. It responds to spoken commands with voice recognition technology and reads back menu options, text messages, and other information to the user...
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The brain can learn to see in later life even if it has been deprived of visual input early on, work with blind children suggests.
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Thin sheets of cheek tissue can be used to replace the damaged corneas of people blinded by certain eye diseases, Japanese researchers reported on Wednesday.
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British scientists plan to use stem  cells to cure a common form of blindness, with the first  patients receiving test treatment in five years.
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UK scientists are attempting to restore vision in people with a leading cause of blindness using stem cells.