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2. Retinal implant - Wikipedia

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   A retinal implant is a visual prosthesis for restoration of sight to patients blinded by retinal degeneration. The system is meant to partially restore useful vision to those who have lost their photoreceptors due to retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) or age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

3. Gene therapy of the human retina - Wikipedia

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   A number of these cell types are implicated in retinal diseases, including retinal ganglion cells, which degenerate in glaucoma, the rod and cone photoreceptors, which are responsive to light and degenerate in retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, and other retinal diseases, and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), which supports the ...

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. 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]

6. Visual prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   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 macular degeneration) are the best candidate for treatment. Candidates ...

7. Intravitreal injection - Wikipedia

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   Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)/ Macular Degeneration: An eye disorder that slowly destroys sharp, central vision [11] [12] Uveitis: Swelling and inflammation within the eyeball [1] Retinal vein occlusion: A blockage of the veins that carry blood away from the retina, the back part of your eye, and out of the eye [1]