Blindness Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tag/blindness/ A Daily Dose of Positive News to Enthuse Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:26:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-GNN-Logo-Circles-2017-1-32x32.png Blindness Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tag/blindness/ 32 32 120051390 Blind BBQ Master in Dallas Blows Away Guests with Brisket Cooked by Touch and Smell https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-bbq-master-in-dallas-blows-away-guests-with-brisket-cooked-by-touch-and-smell/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-bbq-master-in-dallas-blows-away-guests-with-brisket-cooked-by-touch-and-smell/#respond Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:30:11 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227005 When clients ask Christopher Jones how he cooks the delicious barbequed meat at his restaurant, he answers, “‘Just like you, except I have to concentrate a little harder.'” The extra concentration, for a blind man, is a necessity not an option. But as is so often the case, this became the mother of Jones’ invention. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-bbq-master-in-dallas-blows-away-guests-with-brisket-cooked-by-touch-and-smell/feed/ 0 227005 First Human Cornea Transplant Using 3D Printed, Lab-Grown Tissue Restores Sight in a ‘Game Changer’ for Millions Who are Blind https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/first-human-cornea-transplant-using-3d-printed-lab-grown-tissue-restores-sight-in-a-game-changer-for-millions-who-are-blind/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/first-human-cornea-transplant-using-3d-printed-lab-grown-tissue-restores-sight-in-a-game-changer-for-millions-who-are-blind/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:00:30 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226801 The first successful human implant of a 3D-printed cornea made from human eye cells cultured in a laboratory has restored a patient’s sight. The North Carolina-based company that developed the cornea described the procedure as a ‘world first’—and a major milestone toward its goal of alleviating the lack of available donor tissue and long wait-times […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/first-human-cornea-transplant-using-3d-printed-lab-grown-tissue-restores-sight-in-a-game-changer-for-millions-who-are-blind/feed/ 1 226801 A Combination Implant and Augmented Reality Glasses Restores Reading Vision to Blind Eyes https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-combination-implant-and-augmented-reality-glasses-restores-reading-vision-to-blind-eyes/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-combination-implant-and-augmented-reality-glasses-restores-reading-vision-to-blind-eyes/#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:00:34 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224663 A “new era” has begun in the development of artificial vision after a combination electronic eye implant—with augmented reality glasses restored vision to blind eyes in patients with untreatable macular degeneration. Those treated with the device could read, on average, five lines of a vision chart, even though some could not even see the chart […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-combination-implant-and-augmented-reality-glasses-restores-reading-vision-to-blind-eyes/feed/ 0 224663 Tooth Is Implanted in 34-year-old’s Eye to Restore His Vision After Two Decades https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tooth-is-implanted-in-34-year-olds-eye-to-restore-his-vision-after-two-decades/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tooth-is-implanted-in-34-year-olds-eye-to-restore-his-vision-after-two-decades/#respond Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:00:32 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=222902 There’s an old Babylonian/Biblical legal maxim that goes, “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” For Canadian Brent Chapman, his new maxim is “a tooth for an eye,” because he has become the first in his country ever to receive an osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis. If your Latin is on point, you’ll realize that translates […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tooth-is-implanted-in-34-year-olds-eye-to-restore-his-vision-after-two-decades/feed/ 0 222902 49-Year-old Becomes First Blind Woman to Swim English Channel: ‘Nothing is Impossible’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/49-year-old-becomes-first-blind-woman-to-swim-english-channel-nothing-is-impossible/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/49-year-old-becomes-first-blind-woman-to-swim-english-channel-nothing-is-impossible/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:30:31 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=216350 A Paralympic gold medalist has become the first blind woman to swim across the English Channel, and she finished under time. She said that being blind has left her feeling “isolated,” but thanks to swimming, she has a “newfound confidence” and hopes her feat “inspires others”. 49-year-old Melanie Barratt took on the challenge after falling […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/49-year-old-becomes-first-blind-woman-to-swim-english-channel-nothing-is-impossible/feed/ 0 216350 Sight Restored to People Blinded in Eye Accidents Using New Stem Cell Treatment https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sight-restored-to-people-blinded-in-eye-accidents-using-new-stem-cell-treatment/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sight-restored-to-people-blinded-in-eye-accidents-using-new-stem-cell-treatment/#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:30:49 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=215394 People who suffered blinding eye injuries have had their sight restored using a new form of stem cell therapy. American surgeons took stem cells from the patient’s healthy eye and transplanted them into the injured eye, successfully repairing previously “irreversible” damage. The experimental procedure safely restored corneal surfaces in 14 patients who were followed for […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sight-restored-to-people-blinded-in-eye-accidents-using-new-stem-cell-treatment/feed/ 0 215394 Horses and Humans Go Blind for Similar Reasons, So This Medicine Might Cure Both https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/horses-and-humans-go-blind-for-similar-reasons-so-this-medicine-might-cure-both/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/horses-and-humans-go-blind-for-similar-reasons-so-this-medicine-might-cure-both/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:00:12 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=214921 Whether one sports hooves or toes, a mop or a mane, autoimmune uveitis can strike away eyesight equally. A cure for this form of blindness common in horses, but also people, is now undergoing trials that may benefit both. An interdisciplinary team from the Univ. of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, College of Veterinary […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/horses-and-humans-go-blind-for-similar-reasons-so-this-medicine-might-cure-both/feed/ 0 214921 This College Student Sportscaster May Be Blind, But He Sees Every Play (LISTEN) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-college-student-sportscaster-may-be-blind-but-he-sees-every-play-listen/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-college-student-sportscaster-may-be-blind-but-he-sees-every-play-listen/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:00:45 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=211997 From New Jersey comes a story you have to hear to believe—a college sports know-it-all who landed a full scholarship in order to join his university broadcast team. If you saw him behind the broadcast desk and behind his big Ray Charles glasses, you might think the game was passing him by—after all, Allan Wylie […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-college-student-sportscaster-may-be-blind-but-he-sees-every-play-listen/feed/ 0 211997 Kate Winslet Makes Dreams Come True for Girl Losing Her Sight–Bringing Her to the Theater and Funding a Safari https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/kate-winslet-makes-dreams-come-true-for-girl-losing-her-sight-bringing-her-to-the-theater/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/kate-winslet-makes-dreams-come-true-for-girl-losing-her-sight-bringing-her-to-the-theater/#respond Sat, 23 Nov 2024 13:00:14 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=211867 A 12-year-old schoolgirl who is losing her sight was stunned when her favorite actress Kate Winslet helped her fulfill her “visual bucket list”. Not only did the Titanic star donate $5,000 so Lily-Rae could see the Northern Lights, she also invited her and her mother to join her for a night at the theater in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/kate-winslet-makes-dreams-come-true-for-girl-losing-her-sight-bringing-her-to-the-theater/feed/ 0 211867 Hunt for Subway Hero Who Gave Blind Man His Shoes After Theirs Fell into the Gap https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hunt-for-subway-hero-who-gave-blind-man-his-shoes-after-theirs-fell-into-the-gap/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hunt-for-subway-hero-who-gave-blind-man-his-shoes-after-theirs-fell-into-the-gap/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:00:37 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=211902 From the London subway comes the story of a Good Samaritan who saw a blind man lose a shoe and offered his own to make sure the man could keep his balance. It was recounted to British media by a passenger on the train that day named Sami, who had originally shared it on Reddit. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hunt-for-subway-hero-who-gave-blind-man-his-shoes-after-theirs-fell-into-the-gap/feed/ 0 211902 Gene Therapy at Duke Improves NC Dad’s Failing Vision Just in Time for His Baby’s Birth https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gene-therapy-at-duke-improves-nc-dads-failing-vision-just-in-time-for-his-babys-birth/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gene-therapy-at-duke-improves-nc-dads-failing-vision-just-in-time-for-his-babys-birth/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:00:19 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=210079 A touching story comes now from North Carolina of a man who saw a reversal in his progressive blindness just in time to see the face of his newborn son. The new father was born with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and knew even from a young age that it would mean a total loss of vision. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gene-therapy-at-duke-improves-nc-dads-failing-vision-just-in-time-for-his-babys-birth/feed/ 0 210079 100 Times Improvement in Sight Seen After Gene Therapy Trial for Disease That Deteriorates Vision in Childhood https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-times-improvement-in-sight-seen-after-gene-therapy-trial/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-times-improvement-in-sight-seen-after-gene-therapy-trial/#respond Sun, 15 Sep 2024 03:53:32 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=209520 Patients with an inherited disease that caused them to lose much of their sight early in childhood experienced a quick return of vision after they received gene therapy. The new treatment addressed the genetic mutation that caused their vision’s deterioration, letting them see 100 times better than before. Some patients even experienced a 10,000-fold improvement […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-times-improvement-in-sight-seen-after-gene-therapy-trial/feed/ 0 209520 Bioengineered Corneas Stand to Cure Blindness For Millions of People Around the World https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bioengineered-corneas-stand-to-cure-blindness-for-millions-of-people-around-the-world/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bioengineered-corneas-stand-to-cure-blindness-for-millions-of-people-around-the-world/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:00:37 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=204668 In an interview with the Brisbane Times, an Australian ophthalmologist and biotech entrepreneur lays out his vision for a world in which curing blindness in millions of people worldwide is easy and can be done with a bit of cell replication and a 3D printer. Professor Gerard Sutton is co-founder of Bienco, which he claims […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bioengineered-corneas-stand-to-cure-blindness-for-millions-of-people-around-the-world/feed/ 0 204668 Legally Blind Texas Student Defies Odds, Gets Accepted into Veterinarian School: ‘Anything is possible’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/legally-blind-texas-student-defies-odds-gets-accepted-into-veterinarian-school-anything-is-possible/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/legally-blind-texas-student-defies-odds-gets-accepted-into-veterinarian-school-anything-is-possible/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:00:11 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203534 Faith Snapp had always grown up around animals; and though she couldn’t see them, she “always loved them.” Now, she’s on the road to becoming perhaps Texas’ first-ever blind veterinarian, and she spoke to Fox News recently about her journey, and about how anything is possible if you believe it’s possible. Born quite prematurely, Snapp […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/legally-blind-texas-student-defies-odds-gets-accepted-into-veterinarian-school-anything-is-possible/feed/ 0 203534 New Spiral-Shaped Lens is Massive Improvement for Eyewear: ‘Potentially Revolutionizing Ophthalmology’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-spiral-shaped-lens-is-massive-improvement-for-eyewear-potentially-revolutionizing-ophthalmology/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-spiral-shaped-lens-is-massive-improvement-for-eyewear-potentially-revolutionizing-ophthalmology/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:00:51 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=202582 Ophthalmologists have developed a spiral-shaped contact lens that maintains clear focus at different distances and in varying light conditions. The new lens works much like progressive lenses used for vision correction but without the distortions typically seen with those lenses. It could help advance contact lens technologies, intraocular implants for cataracts, and miniaturized imaging systems. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-spiral-shaped-lens-is-massive-improvement-for-eyewear-potentially-revolutionizing-ophthalmology/feed/ 0 202582 Penguin Becomes ‘Guide Bird’ Companion For Zoo Pal Suffering with Cataracts: Waddle I do Without You? https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/penguin-becomes-guide-bird-companion-for-his-zoo-pal-suffering-with-cataracts-waddle-i-do-without-you/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/penguin-becomes-guide-bird-companion-for-his-zoo-pal-suffering-with-cataracts-waddle-i-do-without-you/#respond Sat, 10 Feb 2024 17:48:25 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=202522 A penguin has become a ‘guide-bird’ for a fellow African Penguin with poor eyesight, escorting her around their enclosure to get food and build confidence. The animal helper named ‘Penguin’ has bonded with ‘Squid’ the three-year-old that suffers from cataracts, a debilitating condition that clouds the lens of the eye. Squid is often disoriented during […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/penguin-becomes-guide-bird-companion-for-his-zoo-pal-suffering-with-cataracts-waddle-i-do-without-you/feed/ 0 202522 Blind Jazz Sax Teacher Inspires Students to ‘Feel’ Their Instruments–Uses His ‘Disability’ as Teaching Tool https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-jazz-sax-teacher-inspires-students-to-feel-their-instruments-uses-his-disability-as-teaching-tool/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-jazz-sax-teacher-inspires-students-to-feel-their-instruments-uses-his-disability-as-teaching-tool/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 12:00:41 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=202482 From a Tampa performing arts conservatory comes the story of a blind jazz saxophonist who uses his disability as a teaching tool. Like Obi-Wan Kenobi, he encourages his students to act on instinct; to feel the music through their instruments, and not let the waking world deceive them. “Welcome to every day of my life,” […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-jazz-sax-teacher-inspires-students-to-feel-their-instruments-uses-his-disability-as-teaching-tool/feed/ 0 202482 LEGO Finally Sells Braille Bricks – For Learning a New Skill While Playing With Fully Compatible Pieces https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lego-finally-sells-braille-bricks/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lego-finally-sells-braille-bricks/#respond Sun, 17 Sep 2023 08:43:16 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=197690 Finally, after four years of testing and developing, LEGO is selling braille bricks that use the bumps on their iconic bricks to teach the Braille alphabet—and these aren’t only for blind people. Alongside the Braille bumps on each brick is printed the letters and numbers so that everyone can play while learning a new language, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lego-finally-sells-braille-bricks/feed/ 0 197690 Scientists Regrow Retina Cells to Tackle Leading Cause of Blindness Using Nanotechnology https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-regrow-retina-cells-to-tackle-leading-cause-of-blindness-using-nanotechnology/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-regrow-retina-cells-to-tackle-leading-cause-of-blindness-using-nanotechnology/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:00:25 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=196975 Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries, but regrowing the human cells lost to this condition was the feature of a new successful treatment that took advantage of advances in nanotechnology. Regrowing the cells of the human retina on a scaffold of synthetic, tissue-like material showed substantial improvements over previously used […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-regrow-retina-cells-to-tackle-leading-cause-of-blindness-using-nanotechnology/feed/ 0 196975 CRISPR Gene Editing Reverses ‘Permanent’ Vision Loss in Mice–Offering Hope for Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/breakthrough-research-reverses-retinitis-pigmentosa-in-mice/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/breakthrough-research-reverses-retinitis-pigmentosa-in-mice/#respond Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:52:35 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=191677 The ‘three blind mice’ of song could actually be seeing again after scientists restored vision in breakthrough research that could reverse the condition in people as well. The hereditary condition retinitis pigmentosa is one of the most common causes of blindness, affecting one in every 4,000 people. Now, researchers in China have used a genome-editing […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/breakthrough-research-reverses-retinitis-pigmentosa-in-mice/feed/ 0 191677 Bioengineered Cornea Can Restore Sight to the Blind and Visually Impaired https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bioengineered-cornea-can-restore-sight-to-the-blind-and-visually-impaired/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bioengineered-cornea-can-restore-sight-to-the-blind-and-visually-impaired/#respond Sat, 13 Aug 2022 20:10:34 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=183835 Researchers and entrepreneurs have developed an implant made of collagen protein from pig’s skin, which resembles the human cornea and restored vision to 20 people. Prior to receiving the implant, most of the patients were blind due to diseased corneas. The promising result of the trial brings hope to those suffering from corneal blindness and […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bioengineered-cornea-can-restore-sight-to-the-blind-and-visually-impaired/feed/ 0 183835 7-Year-old With Incurable Condition Amazes Doctors: Now Walking, Talking, And Top of Her Class https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hydrocephalus-evie-mae-geurts-sight-restored/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hydrocephalus-evie-mae-geurts-sight-restored/#respond Tue, 24 May 2022 19:36:27 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=180726 A blind girl has amazed doctors after she regained her sight and ‘cured herself’ of a usually life-long brain condition. Evie-Mae Geurts was registered blind at just a few months old, and when her head started to swell a few months later, her 28-year-old mom demanded answers. Doctors discovered she had hydrocephalus, the build up […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hydrocephalus-evie-mae-geurts-sight-restored/feed/ 0 180726 Deaf-Blind Communities Have Created a New Language of Touch https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/deafblind-communities-have-created-a-new-language-of-touch/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/deafblind-communities-have-created-a-new-language-of-touch/#respond Fri, 20 May 2022 15:53:15 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=180552 Growing for years out of a special group of humans in Washington state, a new human language—pro-tactile ASL, has gained recognition. Born from the spirit of human connection, those who can neither see nor hear use another person’s body as the canvass on which to communicate a nearly infinite-number of ideas, feelings, or just an […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/deafblind-communities-have-created-a-new-language-of-touch/feed/ 0 180552 Ultrasound That Takes a Baby’s First Pictures May Also Help the Blind to See https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ultrasound-that-takes-a-babys-first-pictures-may-also-help-the-blind-to-see/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ultrasound-that-takes-a-babys-first-pictures-may-also-help-the-blind-to-see/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2022 18:39:23 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=179409 While there are currently no non-invasive therapies available for the treatment of vision loss in the retina, but researchers are now exploring a solution that could restore sight by using one of the other five senses: Sound. Common retinal diseases cause degeneration of the light-sensitive photoreceptors in your eye. Currently, ophthalmologists use electronic technology to […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ultrasound-that-takes-a-babys-first-pictures-may-also-help-the-blind-to-see/feed/ 1 179409 World’s First 3D-Printed Eye Offers Digital Prosthetics https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-receives-first-ever-3d-printed-digital-prosthetic-eye/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-receives-first-ever-3d-printed-digital-prosthetic-eye/#respond Thu, 02 Dec 2021 16:55:49 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=173026 A Londoner has received the world’s-first 3D printed digital eye as a prosthetic. Promising to cut the time it takes to develop a prosthesis by half, it’s also more realistic than other alternatives. Steve Verze is a 47-year-old engineer from Hackney who had needed a prosthetic eye since he was 20. Last week he finally […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-receives-first-ever-3d-printed-digital-prosthetic-eye/feed/ 0 173026 Blind Hockey Goalie Invited to Play on Sighted Team: ‘An Incredible Experience!’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-hockey-goalie-nelson-rego-plays-on-sighted-team-an-incredible-experience/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-hockey-goalie-nelson-rego-plays-on-sighted-team-an-incredible-experience/#respond Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:32:07 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=172982 For recreation league athletes, there’s nothing worse than when one of your teammates drops out at the last minute. When a rec league ice hockey team in Edmonton needed a goaltender, they got a save from an unlikely hero. Nelson Rego is 100% blind: and by filling in as goalie for an acquaintance’s team, he […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-hockey-goalie-nelson-rego-plays-on-sighted-team-an-incredible-experience/feed/ 0 172982 Bride Surprises Blind Groom by Wearing a Special Tactile Wedding Dress: ‘My mind was blown’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bride-tacticle-wedding-dress-blind-partner/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bride-tacticle-wedding-dress-blind-partner/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2021 19:45:12 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=172295 Weddings are by their nature, inherently touching, but for one recent bride and groom, the ceremony was not only touching but tactile as well. When Kelly Anne and Anthony Ferraro decided to tie the knot, Kelly wanted to make the day extra special for her soon-to-be husband. Since Anthony is blind, she knew he wouldn’t […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bride-tacticle-wedding-dress-blind-partner/feed/ 1 172295 Implanted Electrodes Could Offer Improved Vision for 148 Million Blind People https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/with-a-camera-and-a-brain-implant-scientists-restore-sight-to-the-blind/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/with-a-camera-and-a-brain-implant-scientists-restore-sight-to-the-blind/#respond Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:12:34 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=171683 A “long-held dream” of science was realized when a team of researchers from Spain and Utah coordinated to restore basic vision to a blind women by connecting a camera to an array of microchips to her brain. Sightless for 16 years, 57-year-old Berna Gomez was able to identify letters and the edges of objects, as […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/with-a-camera-and-a-brain-implant-scientists-restore-sight-to-the-blind/feed/ 0 171683 She Had No Idea Her Dog Was Totally Blind – Vet Declares His Skill at Obstacle Courses a ‘Medical Mystery’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dog-is-blind-but-called-medical-mystery-for-skill/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dog-is-blind-but-called-medical-mystery-for-skill/#respond Sat, 09 Oct 2021 20:54:24 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=170442 An incredible dog whose owner didn’t know he was blind for over nine months has been declared a “medical mystery” by a veterinary expert. Border Collie Dave “never puts a foot wrong” and can even navigate around puddles despite his blindness—leaving vets completely baffled. Jane Downes, 69, says that her pooch has always come when […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dog-is-blind-but-called-medical-mystery-for-skill/feed/ 0 170442 CRISPR Gene-Editing Experiment Partly Restores Vision In Legally Blind Patients https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/crispr-gene-editing-experiment-partly-restores-vision-in-legally-blind-patients/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/crispr-gene-editing-experiment-partly-restores-vision-in-legally-blind-patients/#respond Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:49:11 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=169982 A lot of work is being done in the fields of CRISPR gene-editing, and recently the revolutionary therapy was used to partially restore the vision in patients with a rare genetic disorder. 55-year-old Carlene Knight is now able to move around her call center office without the aid of her walking stick, easily locate objects, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/crispr-gene-editing-experiment-partly-restores-vision-in-legally-blind-patients/feed/ 0 169982 Restaurant Makes Special Chocolate For Blind Customer With Birthday Message in Braille https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/restaurant-braille-chocolate-cake-natalie-te-paa/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/restaurant-braille-chocolate-cake-natalie-te-paa/#respond Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:40:06 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=168451 There may be a thousand ways to say, ‘Happy Birthday!’ but the sweetest of all may very well be a special chocolate message that was recently served up by an amazingly thoughtful restaurant staff. Creating natal felicitations in warm liquid cocoa was nothing new at London’s Luciano by Gino D’Acampo restaurant, but for birthday girl […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/restaurant-braille-chocolate-cake-natalie-te-paa/feed/ 0 168451 New Film Tells Inspiring Story of the Fastest Blind Man in the World – WATCH ‘Untethered’ Trailer https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/untethered-film-features-blind-world-record-sprinter/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/untethered-film-features-blind-world-record-sprinter/#respond Sun, 08 Aug 2021 20:30:44 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=167397 How does the world’s fastest blind man run 100 meters in under 11 seconds without the ability to see a starting block, lane, or curvature of the track? A new documentary called Untethered provides the moving answer. After being diagnosed with Kawasaki disease as a toddler, David Brown was robbed of his sight by the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/untethered-film-features-blind-world-record-sprinter/feed/ 0 167397 Blind For 15 Years She Now Has 20/20 Vision And Sees Her Grandchildren For the First Time https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-woman-has-20-20-vision-after-being-blind-for-15-years-connie-parke/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-woman-has-20-20-vision-after-being-blind-for-15-years-connie-parke/#respond Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:42:35 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=166851 A woman left blind for 15 years has finally regained her sight after a life-changing operation. Doctors believed 59-year-old Connie had glaucoma when she rapidly began to lose her eyesight over a decade ago. But then an ophthalmologist diagnosed cataracts in 2018—one of the most common and treatable adult vision issues. Connie, who lives in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-woman-has-20-20-vision-after-being-blind-for-15-years-connie-parke/feed/ 0 166851 Honda is Designing an Ingenious In-Shoe Navigation System For The Visually Impaired https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/honda-shoes-gps-device-visually-impaired/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/honda-shoes-gps-device-visually-impaired/#respond Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:02:25 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=165844 Honda is developing a in-shoe navigation system to support the visually impaired with walking, and it could be a game-changer. The Ashirase is a navigation system consisting of a smartphone app and a three-dimensional vibration device including a motion sensor, which is attached inside the shoe. Based on the route set with the app, the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/honda-shoes-gps-device-visually-impaired/feed/ 0 165844 Scientists Partially Restore Vision in Blind Man Using Emerging Technique and Genes from Light-Sensitive Algae https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/light-sensing-proteins-from-algae-cure-blindness-in-retinitis-pigmentosa/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/light-sensing-proteins-from-algae-cure-blindness-in-retinitis-pigmentosa/#respond Fri, 28 May 2021 14:35:37 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=163995 By injecting a Parisian man’s eye with genes from algae that encode for light-sensing proteins, scientists were able to slowly restore the patient’s vision to the point where he could locate, identify, and count objects again. The treatment is being called a breakthrough in optogenetic therapy, and offers a chance of vision restoration in people […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/light-sensing-proteins-from-algae-cure-blindness-in-retinitis-pigmentosa/feed/ 0 163995 A Single Injection Reverses Blindness in Patient with Rare Genetic Disorder – Another RNA Success https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/single-rna-injection-reverses-blindness-in-patient-with-rare-genetic-disorder/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/single-rna-injection-reverses-blindness-in-patient-with-rare-genetic-disorder/#respond Sat, 03 Apr 2021 16:42:52 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=161250 A patient with a genetic form of childhood blindness gained vision, which lasted more than a year, after receiving a single injection of an experimental RNA therapy into the eye. The gene editing research was conducted at the Perelman School of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. Results of the case, detailed in a paper […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/single-rna-injection-reverses-blindness-in-patient-with-rare-genetic-disorder/feed/ 0 161250 37 Years Ago She Began Making Braille Children’s Books to Cut the Cost By 90% And Donate Them Worldwide https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/seedlings-braille-books-for-children-blog/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/seedlings-braille-books-for-children-blog/#respond Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:56:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=158570 March is Reading Month, and this inspiring blog post was submitted to GNN by one of our own readers. If you have an interesting story of kindness or positivity, be sure and send it to us for review. According to the National Federation of the Blind, fewer than 10 percent of the 1.3 million people […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/seedlings-braille-books-for-children-blog/feed/ 0 158570 Man Regains Sight And Sees His Family Again After Becoming First Person Ever to Receive an Artificial Cornea https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-receives-first-ever-artificial-cornea-knet-from-corneat/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-receives-first-ever-artificial-cornea-knet-from-corneat/#respond Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:29:03 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=156954 Things are looking up for the first patient ever to receive an artificial cornea implant, after he was able to see his family upon waking up. The 78-year-old man could even pass the classic eye exam test of identifying numbers and letters from a distance. Developed by an Israeli firm called CorNeat, the KNet implant […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-receives-first-ever-artificial-cornea-knet-from-corneat/feed/ 0 156954 Blind Mice with Glaucoma See Again Through Simple Technique that Promotes Youthful Gene Expression https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-mice-with-glaucoma-see-again-harvard-medical/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-mice-with-glaucoma-see-again-harvard-medical/#respond Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:15:09 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=153927 Some of the below was reprinted with permission from World at Large, a news outlet focusing on space, health, conservation, environmental and foreign policy, and travel. Researchers at Harvard Medical School have successfully restored vision loss and reversed glaucoma-induced damage in mice. In the mice, the retinal ganglion cells, a principal cell that enables vision, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-mice-with-glaucoma-see-again-harvard-medical/feed/ 0 153927 Breakthrough App Guides Blind Runner on Solo 5k Run Through Central Park https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-thomas-panek-runs-half-marathon-with-google-app/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-thomas-panek-runs-half-marathon-with-google-app/#respond Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:36:41 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=153092 Vision isn’t always measured by the things we see, but rather by the things we imagine, the things we strive to accomplish, and the things we make happen. Runner Thomas Panek lost his sight to a genetic disorder in his twenties but he’s never given up on the race. “The safest thing for a blind […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-thomas-panek-runs-half-marathon-with-google-app/feed/ 0 153092 8-Year-old Sees Stars for the First Time After His Blindness is Treated With Gene Therapy https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gene-replacement-therapy-lets-blind-boy-see/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gene-replacement-therapy-lets-blind-boy-see/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2020 17:24:22 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=150744 Wishing on a star is one of the most magical rites of childhood: “Star light, star bright, The first star I see tonight— I wish I may, I wish I might, Have the wish I wish tonight.” But for one little Canadian boy named Sam, that simple activity was beyond his reach. That’s because 8-year-old […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gene-replacement-therapy-lets-blind-boy-see/feed/ 0 150744 Myanmar Eradicates Disease That Caused Blindness in 4% of Its People—The 12th Nation To Do So https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/myanmar-eradicates-disease-that-caused-blindness/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/myanmar-eradicates-disease-that-caused-blindness/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:44:44 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=150498 Though trachoma is preventable, blindness from trachoma is irreversible–and it continues to be one of the leading causes of blindness globally, affecting 1.9 million people around the world.  In good news from Myanmar, the World Health Organization has validated that the disease has been eliminated from the country: This is extra impressive, because in 2005, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/myanmar-eradicates-disease-that-caused-blindness/feed/ 0 150498 Hungarian Scientist Wins €1 Million Prize For Groundbreaking Research That Could Eventually Restore Sight in Blindness https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hungarian-scientist-botond-roska-wins-the-korber-prize/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hungarian-scientist-botond-roska-wins-the-korber-prize/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:42:37 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=147907 This year’s Körber Prize for European Science has gone to a Hungarian scientist whose revolutionary gene-editing treatment could cure a type of blindness that affects around one in 4,000 children. Cell biologist Botond Roska’s work against a kind of degenerative eye disease is currently going through clinical trials. Roska received the prestigious award of €1 […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hungarian-scientist-botond-roska-wins-the-korber-prize/feed/ 0 147907 First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds Shining a Red Light Through the Eyelid for 3 Minutes Per Day Can Boost Failing Eyesight https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/looking-into-red-light-boosts-failing-eyesight/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/looking-into-red-light-boosts-failing-eyesight/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:40:20 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=142839 Shining a deep red light for three minutes a day into your eye, even through the eyelid, can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a new University College London-led study, the first of its kind in humans. Scientists believe the discovery, published this week in the Journals of Gerontology, could help the millions of people globally […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/looking-into-red-light-boosts-failing-eyesight/feed/ 8 142839 Scientists Use Electrode Implants to Help Blind People ‘See’ Shapes and Letters—All Without Using Their Eyes https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/implants-help-blind-people-see-shapes-and-letters/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/implants-help-blind-people-see-shapes-and-letters/#respond Tue, 19 May 2020 13:56:04 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=140496 The neural implants used by the Baylor researchers work similarly to someone tracing a shape on the palm of a blind person's hand.

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/implants-help-blind-people-see-shapes-and-letters/feed/ 0 140496 Irreversible No Longer: Blind Mice See Again Thanks To New Method of Synthesizing Lost Cells https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-mice-see-again-thanks-to-synthesizing-method-for-lost-cells/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-mice-see-again-thanks-to-synthesizing-method-for-lost-cells/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:03:57 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=138648 Rather than opting for the costly and complex process of using stem cells to cure age-related macular degeneration, scientists used skin cells.

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/blind-mice-see-again-thanks-to-synthesizing-method-for-lost-cells/feed/ 0 138648 Meet the 18-Year-old Blind Piano Player Who is So Talented, Scientists Are Studying His Brain https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-studying-18-year-old-blind-piano-player/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-studying-18-year-old-blind-piano-player/#respond Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:21:20 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=135994 The remarkable story of this blind piano prodigy is now helping scientists to better understand the human brain. Matthew Whitaker has been blind since birth. His parents were told that he only had a 50% chance of survival, and he underwent 11 surgeries before he was even two years old. Despite being faced with these […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-studying-18-year-old-blind-piano-player/feed/ 0 135994 Young People Are Befriending Lonely Seniors Across the UK by Volunteering as Storytellers https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/volunteers-reading-to-lonely-seniors-across-uk/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/volunteers-reading-to-lonely-seniors-across-uk/#respond Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:25:11 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=133398 Hundreds of young people have been “restoring vision” to UK seniors with dementia and visual problems through this intergenerational reading program.

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/volunteers-reading-to-lonely-seniors-across-uk/feed/ 0 133398 In Most Wholesome Facebook Post Ever, Thousands of Dog Lovers Describe Their Pups for a Blind Man https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thousands-of-dogspotters-describe-pups-for-blind-man/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thousands-of-dogspotters-describe-pups-for-blind-man/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:03:31 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=131043 Thousands of people wrote out the most detailed descriptions of their pups so a blind man in a dogspotting Facebook group could be included on the fun.

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thousands-of-dogspotters-describe-pups-for-blind-man/feed/ 0 131043 ‘Breakthrough’ Device Restores Visual Perception to the Blind So They Can See Light and Motion https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ucla-device-restores-visual-perception-to-the-blind/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ucla-device-restores-visual-perception-to-the-blind/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:16:53 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=129022 This “breakthrough” device has now helped to restore vision for 6 people who have gone blind as a result of sickness or injury—and it could help many more.

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