Vision disorders articles within Nature Communications

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  27 May 2024 | Open Access

  Noninvasive imaging-guided ultrasonic neurostimulation with arbitrary 2D patterns and its application for high-quality vision restoration

  Researchers have developed a noninvasive retina prosthesis based on ultrasound for treating blindness. This device uses ultrasound waves to stimulate the retina, creating artificial vision confirmed through behavior tests, offering a safer alternative to invasive treatments.

  • Gengxi Lu
  • , Chen Gong
  •  & Qifa Zhou

• Article
  21 February 2017 | Open Access

  In vivo genome editing with a small Cas9 orthologue derived from Campylobacter jejuni

  The amount of genetic material that can be packaged in AAV vectors used for genome editing is limited. Here the authors show that the smallest known Cas9 orthologue, cjCas9, can be packaged in a single AAV vector along with sgRNA and a marker gene, and demonstrate efficient gene editing in mice.

  • Eunji Kim
  • , Taeyoung Koo
  •  & Jin-Soo Kim

• Article | 29 May 2015

  Multisensory training reverses midbrain lesion-induced changes and ameliorates haemianopia

  Failure to attend to visual cues is a common consequence of visual cortical injury. Here, the authors demonstrate that auditory–visual cross-modal behavioural training leads to neural plasticity and reinstatement of visuomotor competency in animals rendered unilaterally blind by visual cortical removal.

  • Huai Jiang
  • , Barry E. Stein
  •  & John G. McHaffie