good news. i hope in my life time you will see the world. On 3/14/08, Aruni Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > New drug to treat blindness > London (PTI): A ray of hope for millions of visually challenged people > worldwide! A new drug to > treat common forms of blindness is all set to go for clinical trial. > Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed the drug to > treat eye diseases affecting > the elderly and diabetics, such as age-related muscular degeneration > (AMD) and diabetic etinopathy, > the British media reported on Friday. > The research team, led by Prof Dave Bates and Dr Steve Harper of the > varsity's Microvascular > Research Laboratories, has identified a novel, naturally occurring form > of a compound which > inhibits the formation of new blood vessels -- a major cause of the > "wet" type of AMD and also > diabetic retinopathy. The research has been funded by Britain's leading > eye research charity, Fight > for Sight. > The news of the drug comes just days after scientists in the United > States had claimed that a > bionic eye which can restore sight to the blind would be available > commercially within two years. > The second-generation device, current being trialled, consists of three > elements. First, a > miniature camera worn in a pair of dark glasses, which transmits images > to a radio receiver > implanted near the patient's eye. > This then sends a signal on to a tiny silicon and platinum chip, about > four millimetre square, that > sits on the retina. The chip's electrodes stimulate the ganglion cells > that transmit visual > information to the optic nerve and onwards to the brain, which can then > construct a visual image. > "A plate is seen as a saucer of light, and a knife as a runway of light. > It works by building up > images like a dot-matrix printer, or pixels on a computer screen," lead > researcher Prof Mark > Humayun had said. > > http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/008200803141550.htm > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >
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