This new implant has helped people with an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) called geographic atrophy (GA) to read again. The condition affects more than 250,000 people in the UK and five million worldwide.
The microchips were implanted in five patients at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London as part of the UK arm of the international trial with encouraging results.
Read the full BBC article here or the news item on the Moorfields website here.
Main photo description: A person wearing a yellow top holds an open book in front of them. There is black text overlayed which says “Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again”.
