Restoring Vision through “Project Prakash”: The Opportunities for Merging Science and Service

By treating curably blind children in India, “Project Prakash” brings sight to children of different ages, offering insights into how their brains adapt to enable them to see. The project's experience highlights the benefits of merging basic research with societal service.

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Autores principales: Sinha, Pawan, Chatterjee, Garga, Gandhi, Tapan, Kalia, Amy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24358024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001741
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spelling pubmed-38660882013-12-19 Restoring Vision through “Project Prakash”: The Opportunities for Merging Science and Service Sinha, Pawan Chatterjee, Garga Gandhi, Tapan Kalia, Amy PLoS Biol Community Page By treating curably blind children in India, “Project Prakash” brings sight to children of different ages, offering insights into how their brains adapt to enable them to see. The project's experience highlights the benefits of merging basic research with societal service. Public Library of Science 2013-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3866088/ /pubmed/24358024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001741 Text en © 2013 Sinha et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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