Tag Archives: Blindness

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 23, 2020 Implanting a device into the brain to generate a rough perception of vision for people with blindness may sound like science fiction, but researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and partner institutions aim to make that vision a reality. The …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 5, 2020 Scientists have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged nerve fibers in the eye, in a discovery that could help develop new treatments for glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Axons – nerve fibers – in the adult central nervous system (CNS) …