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shenmue

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Tue Feb 3, 2015, 04:02 PM Feb 2015

World first: Bionic eyes to let blind people in Manchester see again

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Blind pensioners in Manchester are to be fitted with bionic eyes to help them to see again.

Surgeons at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital are launching the world’s first trial of revolutionary implants to tackle Age-related Macular Degeneration - the most common cause of sight loss in the developed world.
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