By Nsikan Akpan | Jun 12, 2013 04:30 PM EDT
Researchers have developed an easy and effective gene therapy for blindness.
By Nadia-Elysse Harris | May 21, 2013 10:06 AM EDT
In a historic trial to test the safeness of human embryonic stem cells, one participant's results stood out among the rest.
By Anthony Rivas | May 20, 2013 05:26 PM EDT
Researchers tested blind and sighted people to see if they had the potential to echolocate, but many blind advocates have been using the technique their entire lives.
By Ashik Siddique | Feb 26, 2013 05:16 PM EST
New research aims to use holograms to bring bionic vision to people going blind, along with optogenetic therapy that uses light to heal genetically altered retina cells.
By Makini Brice | Dec 03, 2012 01:48 PM EST
It seems that sometimes alcohol can help you see more clearly.
By Makini Brice | Nov 07, 2012 04:06 PM EST
After becoming blind at the age of 22, Mark Pollock knows a little something about adversity.
By Nikki Tucker | Oct 08, 2012 03:24 PM EDT
Normally speaking when we hear an individual is blind we automatically assume he or she cannot see anything at all. However, new research refutes this notion, suggesting there are alternative ways blind individuals see.