Nanoparticles restored vision to rats for at least eight months in a new study
Impressive new work from an international team of scientists has demonstrated a potential way to restore vision in those affected by degenerative diseases of the retina. A single injection of nanoparticles was found to create a working artificial retina, restoring vision to blind rodents.
Degenerative age-related vision loss is so common it would be easy to think it simply an unavoidable consequence of getting older. However, a number of innovative research projects have found ways to prevent, or at least slow, this seemingly inevitable process.