Curing Blindness

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Macular degeneration , a common cause of blindness in the elderly, may become a much more treatable problem in its end stages, thanks to a new implantable device which the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it has approved.

FDA OKs Tiny Telescope Cure For Elderly Blindness : The Two-Way : NPR - (Build 20100722150226)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/07/06/128346859/fda-oks-micro-telescope-cure-for-elderly-blindness

Stem-Cell-Coated Contact Lenses Are Curing the Blind | Popular Science - (Build 20100722150226)

Regeneration of damaged tissues due to corneal disease begins in as few as two weeks http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-06/curing-blindness-contact-lenses
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/6235.php

Cure For Blindness? Optic Nerves Regenerated - (Build 20100722150226)

According to scientists at the Harvard Medical School, they have been able to regenerate the optic nerves of rats.