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An artificial retina based on nanorods and nanotubes

Posted in Hardware on 14th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), for example, could potentially benefit from such a device.

Prostate cancer could be 'switched off' with injection

Posted in Medicine on 10th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Scientists have worked out how to stop tumours growing in a breakthrough which could switch off many cancers and even prevent blindness.

Stem cell therapy allows blind to see again

Posted in Medicine on 15th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

A major milestone in the development of the field of regenerative medicine.

Microsoft working on Alice-band device to help blind

Posted in Business on 15th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

Microsoft has been working on a device like an Alice band that could help blind people "see" things around them.

Researchers regrow human corneas in mice

Posted in Science on 8th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

A team of Boston medical researchers has identified a way to trigger regrowth of human corneal tissue using stem cells.