Switched (Free subscription) | 22/04/2008
Filed under: Computers Retinitis pigmentosa is a debilitating genetic condition indicating severe retina deterioration. Those affected by it with suffer from reduced vision or, in many cases, total blindness. There is no known cure, so a diagnosis (often made during childhood) usually means inevitable loss of vision years or even decades later. That may be changing, though, with a prototype eye implant...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 21/04/2008
A 'bionic eye' may hold the key to returning sight to blind people affected by a hereditary disease.
Londonist (Free subscription) | 22/04/2008
It sounds a bit like something out of sci-fi TV show, but the clever folks at Moorfields Eye...
bioethics.com (Free subscription) | 21/04/2008
The bionic eye, known as Argus II, works via the camera which transmits a wireless signal to an...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 22/04/2008
PATIENTS in the UK suffering from a hereditary disease that affects the sight have been given new...
