FDA panel recommends against 'bionic eye' (AP)

by Populux | July 16, 2006 at 08:51 am
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WASHINGTON - In the 1970s TV show "The Six Million Dollar Man," the strapping young astronaut got a bionic eye. A U.S. company had hoped that next year that might be your grandmother. Not so fast, a federal advisory panel said Friday. A tiny telescope designed to be implanted in the eyes of some elderly patients should not receive Food and Drug Administration " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Food and Drug Administration approval, the panel recommended on a 10-3 vote. The FDA's ...
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