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	Podcast:		The Guardian's Science Weekly
	Episode:		The ‘remarkable’ implant that can restore sight
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:15:19
	Publish Date:		2025-10-23 04:00:57
	Description:		An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential ‘new era’ in tackling blindness. Madeleine Finlay hears from Mahi Muqit, a surgeon from Moorfields eye hospital in London, about what this implant has meant for his patients and what the future could hold for vision-loss therapies. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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