The new approach from Brown uses gold nanorods injected into the eye's vitreous humor and incorporated into the retina, to ...

A new soft auditory brainstem implant (ABI) developed by researchers at EPFL may revolutionize hearing restoration for people ...

In this article, an overview of the currently tested devices is given, which is based on published data. The general concept of all retinal implants and, more or less, all visual prostheses is ...

A team of Brown University researchers has identified a promising new approach that may one day help to restore vision in ...

Researchers use gold nanoparticles to restore vision in mice, offering hope for treating retinal disorders like macular ...

In a study published in the journal ACS Nano and supported by the National Institutes of Health, the research team showed that nanoparticles injected into the retina can successfully stimulate the ...

Gold nanoparticles show promise in helping restore vision in people with retinal disorders like macular degeneration.

Sadly, for a group reliant on retinal implants from company Second Sight, the company has since stopped producing and supporting the devices that give them a crude form of bionic sight.

Is the device functioning electrically ... activates the visual cortex in a topographically correct way. Retina implants are well tolerated in animal experiments. In blind subjects suffering ...

used in combination with a small laser device worn in a pair of glasses or goggles, might one day help people with retinal disorders to see again. “This is a new type of retinal prosthesis that ...