Fighting Blindness with Microelectronics
- 6 November 2013
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science Translational Medicine
- Vol. 5 (210), 210ps16
- https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.3007399
Abstract
Electronic retinal implants for treating inherited diseases of retinal degeneration have entered the clinic, but many hurdles remain to achieving full vision.Keywords
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