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April 13 South Florida 5K Postponed

South Florida Run/Walk for Vision will be held September 22nd at the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk. For more info: 5K@hopeforvision.org



Hope for Vision hosts Science Meeting

Hope for Vision was honored to host top researchers working in the field of retinal degeneration at its Science Meeting on March 15, 2013. Read the Miami Herald article and view the meeting program. Watch the talks here!

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Update: Argus II Retinal Implant Receives FDA Approval

Exciting news! The FDA has approved the first implanted device to treat adult patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa (RP).  Learn more at CBS News (video) and The New York Times (video+story)

 

 

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First Bionic Eye In The US May Be Approved by FDA This Week.

Have scientists finally created a bionic eye? The Wall Street Journal reports. Video here



HFV Grant Recipient Sai Chavala Leads Groundbreaking Study on Progression of AMD

A study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine is the foundation for a promising new blood test to detect the progression of macular degeneration to its more serious form, which can lead to blindness. Read the story or full journal article.

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Exciting New Stem Cell Treatments

Medical researchers may have found a way to reverse the leading cause of blindness in older people. Medical correspondent Dr. John LaPook takes a look at this new stem cell treatment. Video: www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/

 

 



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Photovoltaic Polymer Lets Damaged Retinas See the Light

03/19/2013 - MIT Technology Review

 A team of neuroscientists and materials scientists has shown that a photovoltaic polymer can restore light-sensing capabilities to damaged retinas, offering hope of a simple way to restore vision to many people with degenerative eye disease.

Researchers Test Holographic Technique for Restoring Vision

03/05/2013 - Science Daily

Researchers led by biomedical engineering Professor Shy Shoham of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are testing the power of holography to artificially stimulate cells in the eye, with hopes of developing a new strategy for bionic vision restoration.

Research throws new light on treating blindness

02/19/2013 - Business Day

Doctors may one day treat some forms of blindness by altering the genetic programme of the light- and colour-sensing cells of the eye. Researchers are currently working in mice with RP to reprogram cells that enable night vision.