A project at MIT has developed optical fibers soft and flexible enough to be implanted into a living subject and stretch with its movements without failing. This could offer a route to delivering ...

In an important step toward visual prostheses, biocompatible electrodes can convert infrared light into nerve impulses, as ...

Scientists have detailed how a combination of grafted replacement motor neurons and optical nerve stimulation – using light to activate neurons – can improve muscle function in a highly aggressive ...

Stem cell models of the retina and optical nerve have been used to identify previously unknown genetic markers of glaucoma, in new research. The findings open the door to new treatment for glaucoma, ...

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy could be used as a feedback mechanism to prevent iatrogenic nerve damage during oral and maxillofacial laser surgery, according to a study in the Journal of ...