Posts Tagged ‘blindness’

• Parasite poses risk to sight of contact lens wearers

  Contact lens wearers have been warned to clean their lenses properly or risk being infected by a blindness causing parasite. … Continued

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• Jab temporarily repairs sight loss in mice

  An injection that ‘could cure sight loss’ is being tested by American scientists. The jab has been found to repair … Continued

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• RLSB chief executive Tom Pey makes IoS Happy List

  Tom Pey, Chief Executive Officer of RLSB, has been recognised in The Independent on Sunday’s 2012 Happy List. The list … Continued

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• Stem cell treatment restores vision in medical breakthrough

  Two blind people have shown signs of being able to see again – despite having incurable eye disease – following a revolutionary operation involving the transplant of stem cells derived from a human embryo.

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