Imagine repairing your vision not through dangerous surgery or a constant supply of eye drops, but by briefly moving your eyes leave …and come back exist.
This is the extraordinary hook behind Popular mechaThe latest story, “Breakthrough study shows ‘rebooting’ your eyes can cure vision loss. And it only takes two days.” In this study, MIT scientists figured out how to temporarily shut down the amblyopic eye in mice using a toxin found in puffer fish. When the scientists “rebooted” the eyes two days later, the mice’s vision improved and there was a surge in activity in the brain areas responsible for vision.
watch Popular mecha Editors John Gilpatrick and Andrew Daniels talk about how this surprisingly simple treatment mimics the way the brain is wired during early development.
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While this treatment has yet to be used in humans, the results have researchers — and one host in particular — excited.
Could this breakthrough mark a turning point in how we think about treating vision loss? Watch the full episode above now, and find more installments ofshocking Popular mecha exhibit” on PopularMechanics.com.
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