NPR: Linkfest: Blind Irishman Sight Restored

Linkfest: Blind Irishman Sight Restored

Bob McNichol, an Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago, has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.

The miracle operation is called osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis and was pioneered in Italy in the 1960's.

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Blind Irishman sight restored / Starving exchange student blames stingy host family/ "Blossom" star Mayin Bialik gets PhD in neuroscience/ Deckhand's heroic swim/ Tensions roil Estee Lauder dynasty

Will Hoffman

7:07 AM ET | 02-28-2008 | permalink

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