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Prof. Jose-Alain Sahl from France, 2024 Wolff Medicine Prize winners. Photo courtesy of the Wolff Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Medicine 2024 for Ophthalmology Specialists for "Rehabilitation of Vision in the Blind Using Optogenetics"

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The two, Jose-Alain Sahl from France, and Boutonde Roske from Switzerland promoted the field of genetic medicine for eye diseases, prevented blindness and restored sight to the blind
On the right: sperm cell of a healthy mouse. On the left: the product (protein) of the SCAPER gene (colored in red). The photograph shows that SCAPER is located at the head of the sperm cell, including in the nucleus

Between the retina, brain and fertility

On the spectrum of disorders caused by a defect in one gene
Sarah Ngosa at the annual Tech Women 2017 student conference that encourages outstanding female students to choose science and technology studies. Source: Courtesy of the Technion.

To see far, to see clearly

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Eating simple carbohydrates increases the risk of developing retinal degeneration in mice. Source: pixabay.

on eyes and intestines

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Illustration: pixabay.

New IBM research will allow early detection of eye disease

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A blind boy from California navigates his way through the world using sonar and his ears. Screenshot from YouTube

The boy who saw without eyes

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In the picture: an illustration of a future holographic stimulation system mounted on glasses that will serve as a visual "prosthesis" for the blind. Images from a miniature video camera will be converted in real time into holograms projected by a laser onto retinal cells (at the back of the eye) that have been genetically modified to be sensitive to light. Illustration: Ina Gefen, Roman Kanavsky and Shai Shom

Technion researchers have developed a new approach to artificially activate a blind retina

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up. Retina of the eye of a macular degeneration (AMD) patient. Below: AMD's effect on the central visual system. Image: Stephen Tsang and the National Eye Institute.

Induced stem cells improved vision in blind mice

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Siren Aid - visual indications for deaf drivers

Students at Ben-Gurion University developed aids for the blind and deaf

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Two children and a bullet as seen by the glaucoma sufferer. Photo NIH National Eye Institute

I-Optima reports the start of glaucoma surgeries in Israel with a device it developed

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Genetic medicine: cure the blind with one shot

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Facial expressions - acquired or innate?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

About the blindness?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The flashes of reality

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