The “wonderful” implant that can restore sight – Podcast | Medical research

An implant of a bionic eye half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with irreversible vision loss see again, opening a potential ‘new era’ in tackling blindness. Madeleine Finley hears from Mahe Mockett, a surgeon from Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, about what this implant means for his patients and what the future could hold for vision loss treatments.