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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 5, 2014·2 min read

          Brain Mechanism Underlying the Recognition of Hand Gestures Develops Even When Blind

          A new study reports the brain mechanisms of congenitally blind and sighted individuals share common regions when recognizing human hand gestures.
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          FeaturedNeurology
          ·March 31, 2014·2 min read

          Congenitally Blind Visualize Numbers Opposite Way to Sighted

          Researchers find those who are blind from birth visualize numbers the opposite way around from sighted people.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·February 5, 2014·3 min read

          A Short Stay in Darkness May Heal Hearing Woes

          Researchers find simulated blindness in adult mice sharpens the animal's hearing.
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          FeaturedGenetics
          ·September 16, 2013·4 min read

          Rare Gene Variant Linked to Macular Degeneration

          A genetic mutation linked to age related macular degeneration has been discovered, according to a new study.
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          ·August 14, 2012·5 min read

          An Artificial Retina With the Capacity to Restore Normal Vision

          Researchers decipher the retina's neural code for brain communication to create novel, more effective prosthetic retinal device for blindness.
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          ·July 25, 2012·4 min read

          Chemical Makes Blind Mice See

          A team of University of California, Berkeley, scientists in collaboration with researchers at the University of Munich and University of Washington, in Seattle, has discovered a chemical that temporarily restores some vision to blind mice, and is working on an improved compound that may someday allow people with degenerative blindness to see again.
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          ·June 4, 2012·2 min read

          Neuroscientists Explore Innovative Way to Help People Who are Blind

          When people close their eyes, they can form mental images of things that exist only in their minds. Neuroscientists studying...
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          ·May 24, 2012·4 min read

          Workshop to Examine Optogenetic Approaches for Treating Diseases Associated With Vision Loss Announced

          Foundation Fighting Blindness and Mass. Eye and Ear Host June 1 Optogenetics Workshop to Fast-Track Innovative Approaches to Save and...
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          ·May 14, 2012·6 min read

          New Type of Retinal Prosthesis Could Better Restore Sight to Blind

          Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a...
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          ·April 18, 2012·3 min read

          Photoreceptor Transplant Restores Vision in Mice

          Scientists from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have shown for the first time that transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptors into the eyes...
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·April 3, 2012·4 min read

          Positive Stress Helps Protect Eye from Glaucoma

          Working in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the...
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeurology
          ·February 8, 2012·4 min read

          Gene Therapy for Inherited Blindness Succeeds in Patients’ Other Eye

          In three adults, repeat dose safely improves vision. Gene therapy for congenital blindness has taken another step forward, as researchers...
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