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Bionic Sight – October, 2025 – Interim Results of BS01 Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial

Foundation Fighting Blindness

October 9, 2025

Restoring vision with optogenetics

Nature

Outlook

March 5, 2025

Bionic Sight's BS01 Gene Therapy Receives RMAT Designation from the FDA

GlobeNewswire

February 18, 2025

Bionic Sight's BS01 Gene Therapy Receives RMAT Designation from the FDA

GlobeNewswire

February 18, 2025

Restoring Sight is Possible Now With Optogenetics

Washington Post

April 23, 2024

Restoring Sight is Possible Now With Optogenetics

Washington Post

April 23, 2024

Bionic Sight Reports Meaningful Vision Improvements for RP Patients Receiving Highest Dose of its Emerging Optogenetic Therapy

Foundation Fighting Blindness

April 21, 2023

Bionic Sight Reports Meaningful Vision Improvements for RP Patients Receiving Highest Dose of its Emerging Optogenetic Therapy

Foundation Fighting Blindness

April 21, 2023

Dr. Sheila Nirenberg Wins Barbara McClintock Women Innovator Award

Weill Cornell Medicine

July 7, 2022

Dr. Sheila Nirenberg Wins Barbara McClintock Women Innovator Award

Weill Cornell Medicine

July 7, 2022

2022 Bressler Prize Awarded to Dr. Sheila Nirenberg for Outstanding Accomplishments in Vision Science

Lighthouse Guild

May 17, 2022

2022 Bressler Prize Awarded to Dr. Sheila Nirenberg for Outstanding Accomplishments in Vision Science

Lighthouse Guild

May 17, 2022

Positive interim results in Bionic Sight's optogenetic gene therapy trial

Gene Therapy Conference

September 2021

Positive interim results in Bionic Sight's optogenetic gene therapy trial

Gene Therapy Conference

September 2021

Bionic Sight's Optogenetic Therapy Enables Blind Patients to Detect Light and Motion in Early Trial

Foundation Fighting Blindness

March 30, 2021

Bionic Sight's Optogenetic Therapy Enables Blind Patients to Detect Light and Motion in Early Trial

Lighthouse Guild

May 17, 2022

First Four Patients in Bionic Sight's Optogenetic Gene Therapy Trial are Able to Detect Light and Motion

GlobeNewswire

March 30, 2021

First Four Patients in Bionic Sight's Optogenetic Gene Therapy Trial are Able to Detect Light and Motion

GlobeNewswire

March 30, 2021

Bionic Sight's Optogenetic Therapy Yields Bright Results

BioSpace

March 31, 2021

Bionic Sight's Optogenetic Therapy Yields Bright Results

BioSpace

March 31, 2021

Bionic Sight LLC Doses First Patient in a Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of a New Investigational Treatment for Blindness caused by Retinitis Pigmentosa

GlobeNewswire

June 16, 2020

Bionic Sight LLC Doses First Patient in a Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of a New Investigational Treatment for Blindness caused by Retinitis Pigmentosa

GlobeNewswire

June 16, 2020

Crain's 2019 Notable Women in Tech

Crain's New York Business

May 6, 2019

Crain's 2019 Notable Women in Tech

Crain's New York Business

May 6, 2019

Cracking the code to treat blindness

NBC News

November 28, 2018

Cracking the code to treat blindness

NBC News

November 28, 2018

What if robots could process visual information the way humans do?

TEDMED

December 2016

What if robots could process visual information the way humans do?

TEDMED

December 2016

Meet the Four Startups Helping Ford Develop a Robo-Taxi by 2021

Forbes Magazine

August 18, 2016

Meet the Four Startups Helping Ford Develop a Robo-Taxi by 2021

Forbes Magazine

August 18, 2016

This neuroscientist says knowing how to talk to the brain could help the blind see

The Washington Post

May 20, 2016

This neuroscientist says knowing how to talk to the brain could help the blind see

The Washington Post

May 20, 2016

This Bionic Eye Could Cure Blindness

Bloomberg

April 5, 2016

This Bionic Eye Could Cure Blindness

Bloomberg

April 5, 2016

The Genius Behind Series: The code that may treat blindness

BBC Documentary

November 11, 2016

The Genius Behind Series: The code that may treat blindness

BBC Documentary

November 11, 2016

Interview with the Dean: Weill Cornell Professor wins MacArthur genius Award

Weill Cornell Medicine

July 17, 2014

Interview with the Dean: Weill Cornell Professor wins MacArthur genius Award

Weill Cornell Medicine

July 17, 2014

Can we speak the language of the brain?

TED

April 5, 2016

Can we speak the language of the brain?

TED

April 5, 2016