Genetic Link to Dry Macular Degeneration Found
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 16:35
in Biology & Nature
A University of Kentucky ophthalmologist, along with a team of scientists, has discovered a genetic mutation that offers protection against a type of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease of the eye that is the leading cause of blindness in adults over age 50.
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