There are a few notable tech inventions that have changed the medical industry forever. From the use of AI for disease detection to 3D printing biomedical implants and drugs, advances in modern ...

Today, in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers announced that they restored some vision to elderly patients with a common eye disease thanks to an electronic retinal implant. Age-related ...

A wireless electronic prosthesis implanted under the retina has been shown to restore central vision in people with an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration, leading to improvement in ...

USC and Second Sight Medical Products Inc., the developer of retinal prostheses for treating blindness, are expanding the clinical trial of an advanced retinal prosthesis into Europe. The announcement ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an untreatable vision loss problem impacting those over 50. The disease starts as a thinning of the macula (the part of the retina responsible for detailed ...

A hybrid retinal implant using stem-cell-derived neurons and microelectrodes lowers activation thresholds and improves signal precision, offering a more natural interface for high-resolution vision ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a study to evaluate a new electronic artificial retina that researchers hope can help people who have gone blind regain some of their sight.

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Scientists have used an eye implant to improve the vision of dozens of people left functionally blind by age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The implant, which measures 2 millimetres by 2 ...

LOS ANGELES — Age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness for Americans 65 and older, is a progressive disease affecting central vision. Over time, faces, book ...