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The FDA just gave official approval to the world’s first bionic eye! Developed by Second Sight Medical Products, the Argus II is a bionic eye that bypasses damaged rods and cones in the retina...

For patients with retinitis pigmentosa, a diagnosis used to mean it was the end of the road for good vision. With the disease, photoreceptors in the eye do not function properly, making it very difficult if not impossible...