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The FDA has approved the "bionic eye" (aka Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System), which allows the blind to "read" braille. Visit SightNation today to find out how this device works http://www.sightnation.com/news/neuroprosthetic-allows-blind-read-braille. Or, watch a video interview with Julia A. Haller, MD, Opthalmologist-in-Chief at Wills Eye Institute http://www.sightnation.com/video/second-sights-argus-ii-retinal-implant-...

A huge government-funded glaucoma study has come up empty handed. Find out more about the study, which sought to identify which medical or surgical treatment is best able to prevent visual disability and improve patient-reported outcomes. http://www.sightnation.com/forum/topic/huge-glaucoma-study-comes-empty-h...

A new study cautions against VEGF-blocking therapies, which could have a harmful effect on the ciliary body. Author Patricia A. D’Amore, PhD, of Schepens Eye hopes that this will motivate research into new ways to block edema and blood vessel growth that does not require continuous inhibition of intraocular VEGF. For more, click here http://www.sightnation.com/news/study-cautions-vegf-blocking-therapies