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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Experts hail ‘remarkable’ success of electronic implant in restoring sight

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The new electronic eye implant that has enabled people who have lost their sight to geographic atrophy (as a result of dry AMD) to read again. Photograph: Science Corporation/PA

An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential “new era” in tackling blindness.

Doctors who implanted the sim card-shaped prosthetic devices say they have helped many of the 38 elderly patients in the trial regain their ability to read letters, numbers and words.

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