(HealthDay)—Early diagnosis and care can often stop the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is the leading cause of vision loss in older Americans, the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) says. As part of AMD Awareness Month in February, the society urges people to pay attention to their vision and learn more about...
Gene therapy for vision loss condition shows promise in mice. Harvard Medical School researchers have taken an important step toward developing a gene therapy to treat retinitis pigmentosa, or RP, an inherited form of progressive blindness that affects around 20 million people worldwide and can be caused by more than 60 different gene mutations. RP initially destroys...
What if a portable computer system could one day interact directly with the human brain to help restore a person’s ability to see or hear? A project recently launched by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is tasking research teams with answering that question. DARPA, the research arm of the U.S. military, has awarded...
