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The Google contact lens will be in humans next year, Novartis chief says

September 13, 2015/

The contact lens Google and Novartis are developing together will hit human eyes next year, according to a report this weekend.

It won’t be tested on diabetics – which has been the sexiest potential application. Instead, the human trials will focus on the treatment of presbyopia, which is essentially far-sightedness caused by old age. According to Reuters:

By Chris Seper

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