MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When she was 6 or 7, Mona Minkara’s eyesight began to fade. Eventually diagnosed with macular degeneration and cone rod dystrophy, the post-doctoral research fellow in the ...
A groundbreaking new procedure has restored the vision of 14 people with blinding cornea injuries in one eye. To treat this, ...
On her Youtube channel, Dr. Nancy Alvarez can be seen talking about stem cell therapies. “When I started getting that pain, I wanted to die,” she said on a video streamed on May 4, adding, “...I was ...
Genetic blindness can result from a myriad of problems, including problems with the tissue that lines the inside of the eyeball. For three decades now, scientists have tried to treat blindness by ...
LOS ANGELES — Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists reported Monday. While embryonic stem cells were ...
WEBB CITY, Mo. -- Rylea Barlett was born blind six years ago. Her optic nerves did not develop. She was diagnosed when she was a few months old. Doctor after doctor gave her no hope of ever seeing. On ...
A team of high school students attending classes at the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind (MSDB) has been selected as the State Winner for Montana in the 13th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow ...