Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again
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Sheila Irvine, who is registered blind, punches the air with joy at being able to read again
A group of blind patients can now read again after being fitted with a life-changing implant at the back of the eye. A surgeon who inserted the microchips in five patients at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London says the results of the international trial are "astounding". Sheila Irvine, 70, who is registered blind, told the BBC it was "out of this world" to be able to read and do crosswords
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