A team co-led by a Pitt professor was able to restore sight to blind patients with advanced macular degeneration, according to a report published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The study was conducted in Europe by a team of researchers including senior author José-Alain Sahel, who moved from his native France to join University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2016. The study evaluates a procedure that implants a tiny wireless panel of electrodes into the eye that works in conjunction with eyeglasses equipped with a built-in camera and infrared projector. More than 80% of the participants saw a clinically meaningful improvement in their vision.

"It's the first time that any attempt at vision restoration has achieved results in such a large number of patients," said Sah

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