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    Promising results towards restoring vision in blindness caused by cellular degeneration in the eye

    Promising results towards restoring vision in blindness caused by cellular degeneration in the eye

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    The degeneration of photoreceptors in the eye is a significant cause of declining vision that can eventually lead to blindness and for which there is currently no effective treatment. Photoreceptor degeneration occurs in a variety of inherited retinal diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa-a rare eye disease that breaks down cells in the retina over time […] More

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    COVID spread from mothers to babies in womb caused brain damage, says study

    COVID spread from mothers to babies in womb caused brain damage, says study

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    Researchers at the University of Miami reported on Thursday what they believe are the first two confirmed cases in which the SARS-CoV-2 virus crossed a mother’s placenta and caused brain damage in the infants they were carrying. Doctors previously had suspected this was possible, but until now, there was no direct evidence of Covid-19 in […] More