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    Butterfly and eye implant

    Butterfly and eye implant

    From30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

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    Butterfly and eye implant

    From30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

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    Length:
    17 minutes
    Released:
    Jan 10, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    S2 Ep 29. Not all butterflies are colourful. The transparent wings of the longtail glasswing butterfly may hold the key to more effective eye implants. This could be of huge benefit to people with glaucoma - the second leading cause of blindness in the world.
    Get in touch: www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals
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    Released:
    Jan 10, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Amazing things humans have learnt from the animal kingdom. Inspiring, fascinating, bingeable.