Solar-panel-like retinal prosthesis could better restore sight to blind
Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people who have lost vision because of certain types of degenerative eye diseases.
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