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Groundbreaking Eye Surgery Restores Woman's Sight After Years of Blindness

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In a medical world-first, surgeons in Turin successfully transplanted a complete central retina and surrounding tissue from a patient's one eye to the other. This innovative procedure allowed the woman to immediately regain enough vision to recognize her son and her dog.
In a medical world-first, surgeons in Turin successfully transplanted a complete central retina and surrounding tissue from a patient’s one eye to the other. This innovative procedure allowed the woman to immediately regain enough vision to recognize her son and her dog.