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A contact lens to treat depression?
Published on May 22, 2026
South Korean researchers have developed an early prototype contact lens that delivers electrical stimulation to the brain via the cornea and retina
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Foundation Fighting Blindness Celebrates Dr. Jean Bennett’s Breakthrough Award for Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Disease
May 22, 2026
COLUMBIA, Md.—Foundation Fighting Blindness celebrates Jean Bennett, MD, who recently won the prestigious 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, awarded to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine team for developing the first FDA-approved gene therapy for an inherited retinal disease. Dr. Bennett, along with her husband, Albert Maguire, MD, and collaborator Katherine High, MD,