blindness

Prostate cancer could be 'switched off' with injection

Posted in Medicine on 10th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Scientists have worked out how to stop tumours growing in a breakthrough which could switch off many cancers and even prevent blindness.

Stem cell therapy allows blind to see again

Posted in Medicine on 15th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

A major milestone in the development of the field of regenerative medicine.

Microsoft working on Alice-band device to help blind

Posted in Business on 15th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

Microsoft has been working on a device like an Alice band that could help blind people "see" things around them.

Researchers regrow human corneas in mice

Posted in Science on 8th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

A team of Boston medical researchers has identified a way to trigger regrowth of human corneal tissue using stem cells.

New way to regrow human corneas using adult derived stem cells

Posted in Medicine on 3rd Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

Findings by Harvard-affiliated researchers could overcome major cause of blindness.