Potential New Biomarker Of Age-related Macular Degeneration Found
Sunday, November 9, 2008 - 13:28
in Health & Medicine
In its advanced stages, AMD destroys the detailed, central vision we need to read, drive, recognize faces, and enjoy daily life, and is a major cause of vision loss in the U.S. Ophthalmic researchers are making rapid progress in understanding how genetics, immune system factors, nutrition choices, and other variables interact to produce or prevent AMD.
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