Delineating the dysfunction in these pathways through additional genetic and functional studies, and then developing effective interventions, is the current goal of AMD research. In addition, investigators seek to refine our current therapies as well as to improve current diagnostic modalities in order ...
New Research Findings May Help Stop Age-Related Macular Degeneration At The Molecular Level Researchers at University College London say they have gleaned a key insight into the molecular beginnings of age-related macular degeneration, the No. 1 cause of vision loss i...
“With Baby Boomers reaching advanced ages, new treatments are desperately needed to keep age-related macular degeneration from becoming a national epidemic,” said Gerald Weissmann, MD, Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal. “This research provides hope for those at risk for blindness, a...
Researchers have discovered a potential new mechanism for age-related macular degeneration, suggesting that the structural organization of the eye’s light-detecting cells may be impacted by the disease. Findings in worms suggest structural integrity of the eye’s light-sensing cells important for age...
for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology (ARVO) for poster presentation, found that patients taking the Macular Health capsule once daily over a two-year period had an increase in the health of the macula and better vision compared to a...
There have been numerous advances in the management of AMD and exciting new research applications have emerged. The introduction of exciting new modalities, such as PDT, has revolutionised the approach to treating CNVM and their effects on central vision. However, there has been no breakthrough ...
There is growing evidence that the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is related to oxidative damage. This makes macular pigment (MP) an interesting target for research, as antioxidative quality is related to MP. As studies have shown that MP density (MPD) can be increased ...
Macular degeneration is a leading cause of blindness in Australia, affecting one in seven people over the age of 50. Ad The impact of this disease that impairs the central field of vision is profound but thanks to research being conducted by QUT scientists and students a new treatment formacu...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain "Wet" age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the most common causes of irreversible vision loss in the elderly, and it occurs when abnormal and leaky blood vessels form in the retina, in part due to inflammation. New research by investigators at Massachuse...
"This finding was the first genotype-functional phenotype association found in AMD research," Owsley said. "What we find particularly exciting is that the ARMS2 genotype-phenotype association emerges even at pre-clinical stages of AMD—that is, in older adults who do not yet have AMD. Being ...