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A protein-based retinal implant to restore vision to people with vision loss due to age and disease.
LambdaVision is developing a protein-based retinal implant to restore vision to people with age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. The implant will act as an artificial photoreceptor cell layer and replace function of damaged rods and cones.
Credit: Angelica Messana, University of Connecticut Jordan Greco, University of Connecticut
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