Is it possible for a blind person to see again?

Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding what happens to the human brain after someone goes blind. The study out of the University of Pisa, Italy, found that the adult brain can actually learn to “see again” many years after a person went totally blind.

Can blindness be permanent?

In developed countries like Canada, the major cause of permanent blindness is age-related macular degeneration (13\%),[9] while in China as a developing country, the major cause of blindness is myopic macular degeneration (19.4\%).

Is it harder to be blind or deaf?

Results: Almost 60\% considered blindness worse than deafness while only about 6\% considered deafness worse.

What does blind person see?

A person with total blindness won’t be able to see anything. But a person with low vision may be able to see not only light, but colors and shapes too. However, they may have trouble reading street signs, recognizing faces, or matching colors to each other. If you have low vision, your vision may be unclear or hazy.

Will there ever be a cure for blindness?

There is no known cure for color blindness. Since the vast majority of cases are inherited, the ultimate way to cure it is through some good old fashioned gene editing at the germline.

Why is no cure for blindness?

There are no current treatments for blindness due to damage to the optic nerve. The two most prevalent retinal degeneration disorders are age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. Age-related macular degeneration, as its name implies, is caused by age.

Why cancer will never be cured?

Part of the reason for having no cancer “cure” is semantics. There will never be a single cancer cure because cancer refers to a family of more than 100 different diseases characterized by abnormal cell growth. These diseases arise from numerous causes, such as ionizing radiation, chemicals or even viruses.

Is a cure for blindness on the horizon?

A cure for blindness could be on the horizon – after vision loss was restored in mice. Scientists achieved the feat by turning back the clocks of eye cells with a cocktail of proteins.