Papers

Blindness and severe vision impairment are set to double in the global population by 2050, it’s a disability that poses extraordinary challenges. But a team of neuroscientists at Miguel Hernandez University in Spain, motivated by the success of cochlear implants for deaf patients, have created a visual neuroprosthesis that interfaces with the visual cortex through an implant, bypassing the eye. They are in effect, creating artificial vision. RAZOR’s Gabrielle Lawrence heads t