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2. Retinal implant - Wikipedia

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   The Manchester Royal Infirmary and Prof Paulo E Stanga announced on July 22, 2015, the first successful implantation of Second Sight's Argus II in patients with severe Age Related Macular Degeneration. [23] [24] These results are very impressive as it appears that the patients integrate the residual vision and the artificial vision. It ...

3. Visual prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   The ability to give sight to a blind person via a bionic eye depends on the circumstances surrounding the loss of sight. For retinal prostheses, which are the most prevalent visual prosthetic under development (due to ease of access to the retina among other considerations), patients with vision loss due to degeneration of photoreceptors (retinitis pigmentosa, choroideremia, geographic atrophy ...

4. Stem cell therapy for macular degeneration - Wikipedia

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   This clinical study involved creating a retinal sheet from iPSCs, developed by Shinya Yamanaka, which were reprogrammed from the patient's own mature cells. The retinal sheet was transplanted into a woman in her 70s suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that blurs central vision and can lead to blindness. The use of ...

5. Patients with Better Vision to be Enrolled in ACT's Clinical ...

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   Patients with Better Vision to be Enrolled in ACT's Clinical Trials for Macular Degeneration Patients with 20/100 Vision Will Now be ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

6. Macular degeneration - Wikipedia

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   The incidence of age-related macular degeneration and its associated features increases with age and is low in people <55 years of age. [101] Smoking is the strongest modifiable risk factor. [102] As of 2008, age-related macular degeneration accounts for more than 54% of all vision loss in the white population in the US. [103]

7. BrightFocus Foundation - Wikipedia

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   BrightFocus Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Clarksburg, Maryland.BrightFocus funds research in an effort to discover cures for Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration and glaucoma, and provides information and free English and Spanish resources to increase awareness about these diseases.