Nanotech helps blind hamsters see

It seems scientists have used nano technology, "a branch of science involving the manipulation of atoms and molecules" to restore the sight to a blind hampster.

"Scientists mimicked the effect of a traumatic brain injury by severing the optical nerve tract in hamsters, causing the animals to lose vision.

After injecting the hamsters with a solution containing nanoparticles, the nerves re-grew and sight returned."

"In order to try to restore quality of life to those individuals you can try to reconnect some disconnected parts to try to give some functionality in the brain for communication and other things like that. And that's where we think that this might be very useful," he added."

Interesting new science. Of course it's still in the hampster stage, but obviously promising.

[BBC]