06 April 2005

Bionic eye will let the blind see


What I didn't notice skimming this article was some wrestling with the issue of developmental windows: ie if someone can't see be a certain age, will they not have lost the opportunity or have we discovered that the brain has sufficient plasticity to acquire sight once the means of stimulation has been supplied?
BBC NEWS | Health | Bionic eye will let the blind see

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