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Retina is that part of the eye where the final vision is formed, the way it is created on a film inside a camera. (Photo: Pixabay)

Lab-on-a-chip device may help repair eye damage: study

Retinal degeneration is a leading cause of blindness that, with other eye diseases will affect 196 million people...

10 May 2018 5:13 PM IST

As per WHO statistics, glaucoma is the second largest cause of blindness in the world and fourth largest in India.

Glaucoma may be an autoimmune disease, says study

Glaucoma is something of a mystery despite its prevalence, said researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

11 Aug 2018 11:13 AM IST

The system sends small light pulses to the retinas remaining cells, bypassing damaged photoreceptors, and stimulating the few remaining retinal cells. These cells then transmit this visual information along the optic nerve to the brain, allowing the person to perceive light patterns, and eventually see again.

This visual prosthetic helps the blind to see

Research suggests that new visual prostheses can help these people restore visual signals to their brain.

2 Dec 2016 12:05 AM IST