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Artificial Retina Can Restore Sight To The Blind
• http://www.isciencetimes.com,"What this shows is that we have the essential ingredients to make a very effective prosthetic," Nirenberg told Bloomberg News.
Nirenberg and her research team monitored healthy eyes to determine how the brain decodes the signals it receives from the retina. From there, they used special glasses to mimic that code and send the same signal to the brain. The cells received the code and were able to convert it into images you can see.