Retina implant restores partial sight in some blind patients, study shows

By Janet Stobard, Los Angeles Times
November 4, 2010

LONDON -- A retinal implant could help people suffering from an inherited form of blindness called retinitis pigmentosa become partially sighted. The incurable condition begins in childhood with sight that diminishes to eventual blindness.

A recent published report refers to the 15-year research by professor Eberhart Zrenner of Germany's University of Tuebingen along with colleagues at a private company, Retina Implant AG, who initially tested their sub-retinal microchip on 11 people. The research was published recently in Proceedings B, the biological research journal of the London-based Royal Society. the rest