Posted by admin on March 28th, 2008
Opening society’s eyes
People with visual impairments say they just want chance to contribute. Jim Pfiffer
You can’t tell that Mariann Graley is legally blind by looking at her. That’s the problem. Read the rest of this entry »
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Blindness or low vision affects,
Retinitis pigmentosa,
The American dream
Posted by admin on March 15th, 2008
Artificial Vision Research
Joseph Rizzo III was researching retinal transplants to restore blind people’s vision. One day, removing a lab animal’s retina, a tissue-thin membrane that
lines the back of the eyeball’s interior, he had an epiphany. “The moment I made the cut, I said to myself, ‘What in the hell are you doing?” Rizzo recounts.
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Retinal transplants,
Retinitis pigmentosa,
The healthy nerve cells
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