Better diagnosis and treatment of the incurable eye disease age-related macular degeneration is a step closer, thanks to the discovery...
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Loss of the protein pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), which protects retinal support cells, may drive age-related changes in the retina,...
As we age, so do our eyes; most commonly, this involves changes to our vision and new glasses, but there...
The Age-Related Eye Disease Studies (AREDS and AREDS2) established that dietary supplements can slow progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD),...
Researchers have identified distinct differences among the cells comprising a tissue in the retina that is vital to human visual...
A study led by the National Eye Institute (NEI) that included five researchers from the Bazan Lab at the LSU...
Scientists have discovered that gene therapy and the diabetes drug metformin may be potential treatments for late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD),...
Credit: Rory Waudby-Tolley The eye disorder known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in older...
In geographic atrophy, a late form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reading ability is closely related to the altered retinal...
Damaging DNA builds up in the eyes of patients with geographic atrophy, an untreatable, poorly understood form of age-related macular...