(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-04_DJ_08.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a laboratory at NC State University in Raleigh, NC.</a>) An <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-04_DJ_08a.jpg" target="_blank">artificial retina</a> developed with the aid of North Carolina State University engineers may cure this type of degeneration named for a spot at the center of a retina