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Implanted chip, natural eyesight coordinate vision in study of macular degeneration

Two years ago, a Stanford researcher and his team showed that with a thin, pixelated chip and specially designed glasses, they could restore limited vision in the center of the visual field of patients suffering from macular degeneration. In a recent, follow-up study, the researchers found that this prosthetic vision naturally integrated with the patients' peripheral vision, which was unaffected by the disease.