Can you see me now ?

A microchip the width of a pencil eraser shows promise in eye repair.

The microchip implant replaces the dead rods and cones. The implant is dotted with several thousand micro-photodiodes, which react to light and produce small electrical impulses in parts of the eye’s retina.

“The good thing about this device that we’re using is that it doesn’t have any wires to it," Narfstrom told LiveScience. "So it’s like a small disk that is very inert and not so traumatic to the eye that we slide into the retina.”

Hyper-resolution, multi spectrum with night vision overlay available for christmas 2012.

Cancer Fighter Patented

A group of researchers claim that they are patenting a possible cure for cancer involving nothing more than sugar and short-chain fatty acid combination.

The Johns Hopkins researchers cautioned that their double-punch molecule, described in the December issue of the journal Chemistry & Biology, has not yet been tested on animals or humans.

"For a long time, cancer researchers did not pay much attention to the use of sugars in fighting cancer," Department of Biomedical Engineering postdoctoral fellow said. "But we found that when the right sugar is matched with the right chemical partner, it can deliver a powerful double-whammy against cancer cells."

That's that then....next..Flying Cars please.

Grow your Own

"Scientists for the first time have grown human heart valves using stem cells from the fluid that cushions babies in the womb..

The Swiss experiment follows recent successes at growing bladders and blood vessels and suggests that people may one day be able to grow their own replacement heart parts — in some cases, even before they're even born."

Is there anything amniotic fluid can't do ?

Growing Smarter

"Researchers have found a way to spur the growth of neural stem cells in the brains of adult mice with an eye toward harnessing the brain's innate capacity for repair.."

Make mine a double.

Un-Blind Mice

"British and American scientists have restored vision in blind mice by transplanting light-sensitive cells into their eyes in a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments of human eye diseases.

...instead of using stem cells.....for the first time .. it is possible to transplant photoreceptors.

Could also give .. new insights into repairing damage to other parts of the central nervous system."

Prepare for the inevitable "Rights of the photoreceptor precursor cell." debate.