Dr. Barry Dworkin

  • FDA approves first "bionic eye" for retinitis pigmentosa

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 20, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: FDA approves first bionic eye  

  • Retinal implant chips for retinitis pigmentosa helps restore rudimentary vision

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 4 , 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Eye implant restores some sight to blind patients Reference: Subretinal electronic chips allow blind patients to read letters and combine them to words

  • Regenerating retinal cells in the eye

    Eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration result in the loss of vision in a slow and unrelenting fashion due to the deteriorating and damaged retina. A team of scientists at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Harvard Medical School has published a study in the March issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual…