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Scientists using other animal species who have the capacity for ocular regeneration after injury to try to determine if similar pathways in people exist and if it can be stimulated to repair eye trauma.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 2, 2026 Source:Scientists Think They’ve Discovered How Humans Could Recover Lost Vision
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Scientists test a tiny stem cell mesh eye implant the thickness of a hair that could restore sight for people with dry age-related macular degeneration.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 15, 2026 Source:Scientists test a tiny eye implant that could restore sight
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New approach to studying blood vessels in eyes may add to the ability to predict heart disease and biological aging risk
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 11, 2025 Source:Blood vessels in eyes may help predict heart disease and biological aging risk Reference:Mendelian randomization study implicates inflammaging biomarkers in retinal vasculature, cardiovascular diseases, and longevity
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Research into synthetic corneas continues apace with results forthcoming within the next year.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 29, 2025 Source:Israel to Perform First Synthetic Cornea Transplant, Returning Sight to Blind The story about Israel performing the first synthetic cornea transplant refers to the groundbreaking work by CorNeat Vision, an Israeli startup, which developed the CorNeat KPro, a synthetic cornea designed to restore sight in patients with corneal…
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Gold nanoparticles used in a macular degeneration mouse model demonstrates ability to bypass photoreceptors and acitvates deeper retinal cell layers that send sends signals to the visual cortex.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 10, 2025 Source:Gold nanoparticles could help the blind see without surgery Reference:Intravitreally Injected Plasmonic Nanorods Activate Bipolar Cells with Patterned Near-Infrared Laser Projection
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Canada’s first tooth-in-eye surgeries could restore North Vancouver man’s vision
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 27, 2025 Source:‘It’s absolutely mind blowing’: Canada’s first tooth-in-eye surgeries could restore North Vancouver man’s vision
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Danish studies find higher risk of optic nerve damage with Ozempic however absolute risk increase is 1 in 10,000 and biological mechanism to explain this remains elusive.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 17, 2025 Source:Danish studies find higher risk of optic nerve damage with Ozempic Reference:Once-weekly semaglutide doubles the five-year risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a Danish cohort of 424,152 persons with type 2 diabetes
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Vision and hearing loss among growing list of risk factors for dementia, study says
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 7, 2024 Source:Time to get your eyes checked: Vision loss among growing list of risk factors for dementia, study says Reference:Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission
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AI-enabled imaging of retina’s vascular network can help predict cardiovascular disease and death
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 6, 2022 Source:AI-enabled imaging of retina’s vascular network can predict cardiovascular disease and death Reference:Artificial intelligence-enabled retinal vasculometry for prediction of circulatory mortality, myocardial infarction and stroke