Device Offers Partial Vision for the Blind

Device Offers Partial Vision for the Blind

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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first treatment to give limited vision to people who are blind, involving a technology called the artificial retina. … “This is just the beginning,” said Grace Shen, a director of the retinal …
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Mouth device in clinical trials as possible treatment for TBI

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The treatment involves sending specially-patterned nerve impulses to a patient's brain through an electrode-covered oral device called a "PoNS," a battery-operated appliance placed on the tongue. The 20-30 minute stimulation therapy, called … Dallas …
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Not your conventional nucleic acids

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Last year, Mirkin and Amy S. Paller, M.D., chair of dermatology and professor of pediatrics at Feinberg, were the first to demonstrate the use of commercial moisturizers to deliver gene regulation technology for skin cancer therapy. The drug …
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