"the fact that the eye's optical nerve can't regenerate" It might not regenerate on it's own, but that doesn't mean it can't regenerate. http://www.childrensh

"the fact that the eye's optical nerve can't regenerate" It might not regenerate on it's own, but that doesn't mean it can't regenerate. http://www.childrenshospital.org/news-and-events/2012/may-2012/first-light-scientists-regenerate-the-optic-nerve-restore-some-components-of-vision http://www.childrenshospital.org/news-and-events/2012/may-20... "A team at Boston Children’s Hospital reports a three-pronged intervention that not only got optic nerve fibers to grow the full length of the visual pathway (from retina to the visual areas of the brain), but also restored some basic elements of vision in live mice." http://webvision.med.utah.edu/2012/07/full-length-axon-regeneration-in-the-adult-mouse-optic-nerve-and-partial-recovery-of-simple-visual-behaviors/ http://webvision.med.utah.edu/2012/07/full-length-axon-regen...