Restoring vision for the visually impaired has been a dream of scientists and clinicians for centuries. Neurodegenerative eye diseases like glaucoma or age-related macular degeneration affect visual information processing. But the visual system in humans is smart–it can compensate for a loss in connectivity caused by disease.
The potential for virtual reality cognitive retraining may improve the quality of life in visually impaired individuals. These retraining devices are effortlessly portable; therefore, protocols can be completed from the comfort of someone’s home.
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Dr. Stephanie Protze on turning stem cells into pacemaker cells
Dr. Brad Wouters on UHN's COVID-19 research, leadership during the pandemic, and anti-vaxxers
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Dr. Donald Weaver's lifelong quest to cure Alzheimer's
Using computers to understand cancer, with Dr. Michael Hoffman
Pioneering treatments to get spinal cord injured patients mobile, with Dr. Kristin Musselman
Reversing blindness and the serendipity of science, with Dr. Valerie Wallace
Repairing broken hearts with stem cells, with Dr. Michael Laflamme
Overcoming ‘impostor syndrome’ and helping the elderly live well, with Dr. Jennifer Campos
Meet the cancer code breaker, Dr. Mathieu Lupien
Robotics, rehabilitation therapy and learning from failure, with Dr. Milos Popovic
Challenging the meaning of palliative care, with Dr. Camilla Zimmermann
Chronic pain and scientific baseball, with Dr. Karen Davis
Heart failure, Artificial Intelligence and a near-death experience, with Dr. Heather Ross
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