'Bionic' eye to help blind

Source: This is Dorset

SUCCESSFUL clinical trials of an experimental ‘bionic eye,’ which could restore sight to thousands of blind people in Britain, have been welcomed by Dorset Blind Association. Sufferers of a condition called retinitis pigmentosa, which ...
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Though visually impaired, racer keeps an eye on finish line

Source: Ottawa Citizen

Thousands of runners will wind their way through the nation’s capital this weekend and, as they make their way down the home stretch, they will savour the moment they spot the finish line. But one Ottawa Race Weeke ...
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Successful Fdi Paper

Source: OpPapers.com

Assignment 1: Successful FDI 1. Create a fictional MNE which manufactures an imaginary product and choose a country in which to conduct FDI. A MNE is a multinational enterprise is a firm that engages in FDI, Foreign Direct Investments by inv ...
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QLT Inc. (QLTI) Announces Board Will Propose $75-$100M Dutch Auction Tender Offer

Source: Street Insider

The key priority for the Company will be the development of QLT091001 for inherited retinal diseases caused by RPE65 and LRAT genetic mutations. The Company is in advanced stages of regulatory interaction that could lead to the initiation ...
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RetroSense Therapeutics Completes pre-IND Meeting for RST-001

Source: Business Wire

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RetroSense Therapeutics, a gene therapy company dedicated to vision restoration, announced completion of a pre-IND meeting with the Center for Biological Evaluation and Research (CBER) division of the FDA that took pla ...
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Jessica prepares to carry the torch

Source: Northwich Guardian

AN INSPIRATIONAL teenager who struggles to see is bringing light to the Olympic Games as one of the event’s torchbearers. Weaverham 13-year-old Jessica Driver will be carrying the flame through Wrexham on M ...
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From The Archives

Source: Brain, a Journal of Neurology

Several forms of amaurotic familial idiocy are already described: congenital cases in which death occurs soon after birth; an infantile form ‘with a marked predilection for Jews and affect[ing] females three times as frequently as males’ in wh ...
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Who is Rachael Leahcar? Can she be the first Aussie to Win in The Voice? (VIDEO)

Source: International Business Times

Eighteen-year-old Rachael Leahcar is one of the top fan favorites in Australia ’s singing competition, The Voice. She belongs to Team Delta. Leahcar’s moving interpretation of "La Vie En Rose" in her audition over a month ago has drawn global atte ...
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Cyclists set sights on vision research funding

Source: YourOttawaRegion.com

Cycling for sight. Amelia Swanson and Corwin Troje were two of 67 cyclists in the 2011 Cycle for Sight in Ottawa South. Organizers hope to have 70 registered this year. Submitted Cycling alongside the Rideau River can offer some stun ...
Full article at: YourOttawaRegion.com  More like this  3 days ago, 3:30pm CDT