Vision Treatment Advances

New miniature devices provide hope of stopping and reversing damage caused by age-related macular degeneration - if the FDA gives the green light.

Australian Brandon Autung-Pererra uses new digital technologies to deal with the RP that has gradually reduced his vision.

The Maryland library supplying textbooks to visually impaired students intends to reduce the long waiting period students must wait for their course materials.

New functional magnetic resonance imaging shows certain brain activity that supports vision restoration therapy's ability to enhance vision in stroke and brain injury patients.

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have shown that gene therapy restores function to the brain's visual processing center in addition to restoring retinal activity.

Scripps researchers hope this 5 year grant will result in successful stem cell treatment for certain types of vision loss including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and retinitis pigmentosa.

Bluetooth-assisted cell phone technology helps the visually impaired to read bus schedules, distinguish grocery store items, and read currency.

A routine operation using stem cells will restore the sight of people with the most common form of blindness, age-related macular degeneration, within 10 years.

TellMate uses the radio frequency identification tags you've seen in some stores to help the blind recognize objects.

ATT partners with Code Factory to offer Mobil Speak and Mobil Magnifier to customers with visual impairment.