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Research to Prevent Blindness

Man Sees Again After 33 Years


Larry Hester, 66, has been blind for half his life from retinitis pigmentosa. In September, 2014, an electronic stimulator called the Argus 2 (developed, in part, with RPB support) was surgically implanted in his left eye. "It was incredible!" he said. Full story.

October 15, 2014

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