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    Month: April 2020

    More Ideas For Keeping Busy

    Posted on April 19, 2020April 2, 2022 by Dan Roberts
  • April 19, 2020

    More Ideas For Keeping Busy

    In March, we posted an article which suggested ways to keep busy in spite of low vision. As we continue through another month of mass quarantine, here are more suggestions contributed by an especially thoughtful reader in response to that article. Learn a language. Duolingo, a method used in the school system, can be downloaded […]

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  • Photoreceptors From Skin Cells a Possibility

    Posted on April 18, 2020 by Dan Roberts
  • April 18, 2020

    Photoreceptors From Skin Cells a Possibility

    Photoreceptors are cells in the retina which convert light into nerve impulses. Because of them, we can see the world around us. The two types of photoreceptors are rod cells and cone cells. Rod cells are responsible for peripheral and night vision, and cone cells are responsible for central and color vision under bright conditions. […]

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  • Prima System implant has positive results in dry AMD

    Posted on April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 by Dan Roberts
  • April 1, 2020

    Prima System implant has positive results in dry AMD

    Pixium Vision reports that follow-up from 18 to 24 months after implantation showed that their PRIMA Bionic Vision System sustainably elicited light perception in all four dry AMD patients with favorable safety profile. Moreover, the second-generation transparent glasses, enabling to combine natural peripheral vision and prosthetic vision, greatly benefited patients and their visual acuity by 3 […]

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