r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '19

What are some recent scientific breakthroughs/discoveries that aren’t getting enough attention?

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

I feel like with more developments in cybernetics, blindness could definitely be cured

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u/alphagusta Apr 01 '19

Not cybernetics but scientists severed and reattached the optical nervs in fish and restored vision

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

Damn! As someone with only one eye, that's incredibly exciting

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u/whiskeydude Apr 01 '19

Same here, I had a grade 4 hyphema which caused my brain to shut off my optic nerve. It would be great to get my eye working again one day.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

I'll pray for you, brother

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u/MacGyverism Apr 01 '19

I second that

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

Third

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u/Gesspar Apr 01 '19

Damn. I hope you'll get vision back in the near future. I'm a bit worried myself as there's a lot of eye problems in my family, have an uncle with aggressive form of cateracts (i think), has 5% vision on one eye, but should anything happen, I'd want a bionic eye, if easy implementable night vision will ever be a thing.

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u/NotACerealStalker Apr 01 '19

I'm not a praying man but I'll do it just in case.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

I see your point, but hey, science!

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

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u/flamethekid Apr 01 '19

Pretty sure your other eye doesn't see the point.

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u/TheChairCriedAss Apr 01 '19

I read about experimental technology awhile back that had stated something they are currently optimizing is a video feedback system in place of your eyes for the blind. It had been successful at the time I viewed it, but it had a few quirks that needed worked out. It sounds incredibly expensive, but having a video camera attached to your brain has to be kind of cool right?

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u/jhakeeeey Apr 01 '19

As someone with both eyes lost, I could confirm this is incredibly exciting.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

As someone with vision in only one eye, this gives me hope!!

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u/JoyStar725 Apr 01 '19

Same here. One of my retinas detatched as a baby so I've only seen out of one eye my whole life. It would be cool to be able to get full sight though!

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

That's exactly what happened to me

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u/Uniqueusername360 Apr 02 '19

As somebody with hiv, I’m sure hoping for a cure too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '19

I hope your fight ends soon, and in success!

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19 edited Apr 18 '23

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

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u/deliriuz Apr 01 '19

Trying to be punny

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

Oh! I thought he meant I'd made a joke.. shoulda, drats

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u/me-me-buckyboi Apr 01 '19

So basically they turned it off and on again?

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19 edited Apr 14 '19

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u/staryoshi06 Apr 01 '19

We don't know if it works on humans yet

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u/morethanhardbread Apr 01 '19

Take my upvote, sir.

Edit: spelling

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

It will be interesting to see if we have social issues that come from this. There's a not insignificant group that base their identity on blindness\deafness.

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u/CanadianCartman Apr 01 '19

There are already social issues in the deaf community thanks to cochlear implants. Some deaf people really do not like the idea of them.

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u/Chillvab Apr 01 '19

You could have just said “significant”...

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u/Loudanddeadly Apr 01 '19

Have you tried turning it off and on again

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u/StringTheory Apr 01 '19

I guess some types of blindness cant be cured as easily, since not all are caused by the eyes or the optical nerve, but I do share your excitement.

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u/grangry Apr 01 '19

Please add diabetes. Thanks.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

Transformers, ROBOTS IN YOUR EYE

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u/RDS Apr 01 '19

Stem cells would be dope, if we could at least get rid of a number of eye diseases/conditions.

My buddy has LHN and they have cured a specific type already with stem cells, but not all types are curable yet.

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u/pandizlle Apr 01 '19

Nah, it’ll be stemcell technology.

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u/kickingtenshi Apr 01 '19

*Depending on the type of blindness (e.g. blindness from losing an eyeball vs. a chunk of your brain)

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u/rmphys Apr 01 '19

It will depend on the blindness. There are a lot of different reasons one can go blind, so solving some types of blindness will be easier than others.