Polarized sunglasses block out the glare to make it easier to see fish swimming in a lake.

A local company is using a similar technology to help surgeons better see veins and nerves during surgery.

Justin Baba founded Yaya Scientific along with his brother, Peter Baba, in 2019, following 15 years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. There, Justin Baba also collected 15 patents.

He wanted to see his discoveries brought to market, so he created the startup, named for his mother.

Yaya Scientific is focusing on unintended damage, or iatrogenic damage, during surgery. In the millions of surgeries performed per year, Baba told the Post , some of the damage to the nerves is expected and known. However, some of it is avoidable. He estimates 512,000 out of that group have post-surgery pain due t

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