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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.