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A fundus photograph of the retina of a patient with end-stage retinitis pigmentosa, showing pigment deposits across the retina, published in 2006, a clinical illustration of the disease and not an image from the trial

The Big ReadHealth

Two Days After the Nobel for Optogenetics, a Small NEJM Trial Shows It Helped Some Blind Patients Detect Objects

Ten people with advanced retinitis pigmentosa got a light-sensing gene and wore camera goggles. Light sensitivity improved in seven, but sight was not restored and the trial was built for safety.

Oct 9, 2026/3 min read

The Diary

  1. 30 Aug – 11 DecOn now

    Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai

    The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December

    Riyadh opens at the end of August, Abu Dhabi takes November, Dubai takes the rest. Four shows account for most of the region's commercial calendar between now and the new year.

  2. 4 Sep – 23 MayOn now

    England

    The Women's Super League Adds Two Clubs and Finds Out What Expansion Costs

    Fourteen teams instead of twelve, a season running from 4 September to 23 May, and twenty-six league games where there were twenty-two. Growing a league is easier than filling it.

  3. 2–5 NovOn now

    Abu Dhabi

    ADIPEC Still Runs on Oil, Whatever the Programme Says

    Abu Dhabi's energy week arrives on 2 November with hydrogen and carbon capture across the agenda and hydrocarbons across the balance sheets. Both things are true at once.

  4. 23–26 NovIn 3 weeks

    Dubai World Trade Centre

    Big 5 Global Is Where Next Year's Buildings Get Specified

    Twenty-seven hundred exhibitors at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 23 November, and three co-located shows that have quietly turned a construction fair into an urban development event.

  5. 7–11 DecIn 5 weeks

    Expo City, Dubai

    GITEX Moves to Expo City, and Brings Seven Shows With It

    Six thousand eight hundred exhibitors, two hundred thousand visitors and four hundred government entities across five days in December. The interesting part is what has been bolted onto the side of it.

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