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Evening Standard
Bill Bowkett and Rachelle Abbott

London hospital hails 'life-changing' breakthrough for blind as eye implant helps patients see again

A London hospital has hailed a “life-changing” breakthrough for blind people as an electronic eye implant helps patients to see again.

People who lost their vision because of a common but untreatable age-related condition are now able to read thanks to the pioneering device.

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