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Blind patients detect light
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A group of researchers has succeeded in getting two blind patients to perceive light again by installing electrodes in their eyes to stimulate their retinas, a senior researcher said Dec. 5. From April through July, the team at the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine placed 7-sq.-mm platinum chips with 49 electrodes each behind the retinas of the eyeballs of two women who had lost sight more than a decade ago. The procedure had never been performed before in Japan. (Kyodo News)
眼球に電極付け、失明患者の視力が回復
失明患者の網膜を微弱な電流で刺激し、物の動きを指で追える程度に視力を回復させることに、大阪大大学院の研究チームが国内で初めて成功した。
Shukan ST: December 17, 2010
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