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Restoring Sight
Posted 23rd April 2008 at 3:18pm by M1ke, tagged as Technology | Commenting Closed

A 'bionic eye' may hold the key to returning sight to people left blind by a hereditary disease, experts believe.

I have long had a desire to see technology that can help people with very serious disabilities such as loss of senses or motor functions. There are numerous ways that people can go blind, deaf or otherwise disabled, and for these people life will be irrevocably changed. Whilst there is a lot of support through various health services and charities, being afflicted by blindness is something which until now people just had to live with.

With research into the way the eyes and the brain work, and interface with each other, scientists have been able to give people suffering from retinitis pigmentosa partial sight back. So far they are only able to show vague shapes, light and dark, but this is the first step on a road that may see these kind of physical disabilities being easily curable, and giving all those who suffer from them the same experience of the world that every healthy human should have.

BBC NEWS | Health | Bionic eye 'blindness cure hope'

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