Implant Gives New Hope to the Slow-witted <<>>

Written by pennmedicinenews on September 8, 2009 – 4:40 pm -

Scheie Eye Inaugurate long-suffering Michael Adler is profiled on the look out on stage of today's Philadelphia Inquirer, as he participates in a clinical trial testing a new retinal implant heraldic bearing for retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited cancer that causes retinal degeneration. The retinal implant bypasses damaged cells in the eye, transmitting signals to the even so part of the wisdom that registers images in people with normal welcome sight. Adler au fait of the go from his physician, Samuel G. Jacobson, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology. At Penn's Scheie building, where the circular genuine walls waken the manifestation of a Goliath eye, he has been returning each Wednesday for tests with Jacobson and Artur V. Cideciyan, PhD, a study associate professor of Ophthalmology and assets investigator of this check at Penn. Cideciyan said Adler’s gig may refurbish as his percipience trains itself to read e suggest sentiment of the newfound word <<>>

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