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Street? how many people knew that negro history week was started the second week in february not because it was the shortest month but to memorize the birthdays of abraham lincoln and frederick douglass, two republicans. carter woodson did this on purpose because he did not want black america to just remember our history. he wanted republicans to remember the history that we shared together. we have failed him. we are not sharing that history, that belongs to both of us if we claim that we are c...

How do the blind feel about color and painting? To answer this question, Hu Jun started the Art Without Barriers project. Starting in 2016, he would go to the Zhejiang School of the Blind in Hangzhou to give art lessons to the children there.

WORLD / EUROPE Partial sight restored in blind man By AFP Published: May 25, 2021 08:28 PM Scientists have for the first time managed to partially restore the sight of a blind patient by altering his cells, according to the results of a groundbreaking study published on Monday. A visually impaired student reads Braille during an online class on World Braille Day on January 4 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Photo: VCGThe technique known as optogenetics, which has been developed in the field of neur...

email article Optogenetic therapy restored partial vision in a blind 58-year-old man diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa almost 40 years ago, according to a case report from the ongoing PIONEER study. In this open-label phase I/IIa study, intraocular injection of an optogenetic sensor-expressing gene therapy vector combined with use of light-stimulating goggles was found to partially restore visual function in a patient with visual acuity of only light perception, reported José-Alain Sah...

Sahel et al, Nature Medicine and StreetLab/Institut de la Vision A man who is blind has had glimmers of vision restored thanks to a high-tech treatment using optogenetics, which involves genetically altering nerve cells so they respond to light. French firm GenSight Biologics has published results showing that the first recipient of its treatment can recognise different objects in lab tests. “It’s exciting to see the first publication on human optogenetics,” says Ed Boyden at the Massachu...

Gene Therapy Helps Blind Man Regain Some Sight MONDAY, May 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors for the first time have used a form of gene therapy to restore partial vision in a blind person, according to findings announced Monday. The research team genetically altered retinal ganglion cells to become light-sensitive in a man whose vision was destroyed by retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic disorder that breaks down cells that absorb and convert light into brain signals. Using special goggles, t...

Blind man regains partial sight after scientists alter his cells in groundbreaking study Scientists in Europe and the US recruited a man who had lost his sight due to an inherited photoreceptor disease 40 years ago They treated him with a technique known as optogenetics, which involves genetically altering cells so they produce more light-sensitive proteins

Sculpting beloved people as described by the blind © CyprusMail 2021 In this poignant video, blind people describe their loved ones or key companions to a sculptor, who recreates their looks according to how they are experienced, rather than how they are seen. As we watch their faces take shape, we step into a dimension of life where ‘vision’ resides primarily in the heart, while encountering a point of view that is wise, funny and, ultimately, transcendent. View the original vide...

Mcconnell and donald trump. >> aoc told latino u.a.s. that many will not admit how the attack on the capitol has deeply affected the law making. when you have a group of republicans like majorie taylor greene, blind, it seems like both sides detest each other. you talked about experiences and having coalitions with other members of the party, but it doesnt feel that way. >> most members would be happy to tell you that they have friendships across the aisle. what they dont want to admit to is the...

autoevolution 22 May 2021, 13:30 UTC · by Four-legged robots have long used the stairs as the ultimate test for their capabilities. The tricky part comes when you put a bipedal robot on the same path and take its “vision” away. That’s what researchers from Oregon State University have done, and they have succeeded with their bipedal robot Cassie by training it in a simulator. 6 photos Developed by Dynamic Robotics Laboratory, Cassie is a headless robot based on a built provided by ...