A new study involving the revolutionary gene-editing technique called CRISPR, which allows scientists to make precise changes in DNA, is designed to try to restore vision to patients who suffer from a rare genetic disease National Public Radio reports. Doctors think CRISPR could help patients...
We all need some good news — right? Well, I’m here for you. According to the Los Angeles Times, hospitalizations for COVID-19 in California are at their lowest point since the pandemic began. That represents a 93% drop since the peak in January — definitely cause for celebration!...
For most of his life, the 11-year-old Golden Retriever named Tao enjoyed perfect eyesight, Got Dog reports. But eventually he developed glaucoma, which eventually led to losing his vision. According to Melanie Jackson, Tao’s owner, his loss of sight came unexpectedly. He began to shake his...
Netflix’s coming-of-age documentary “Audible” had its world premier this week at Hot Docs Film Festival, Variety reports. The film follows Maryland School for the Deaf high school athlete Amaree McKenstry and his close friends through their senior year. The film’s executive producers...
A generation of the real-life nearsighted Mr. Magoos is growing up before our eyes, Jane Brody writes in The New York Times. “A largely unrecognized epidemic of nearsightedness, or myopia, is afflicting the eyes of children,” she writes. People with myopia can see close-up objects...
When Sarah Tubert was three, a surgeon severed her facial nerve, paralyzing the right side of her face and taking out her hearing in an operation. Today she is an actress, Captain of the USA National Deaf Women’s Volleyball team, and a signer of songs, with her latest a collaboration with...
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