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Researchers at Utah State University have successfully demonstrated that hagfish slime proteins can accurately replicate membranes in the human eye. Professor Elizabeth Vargis and her team study a condition called age-related macular…

BEDFORD, Mass., June 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (NASDAQ:OCUL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the formulation, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases and conditions of…

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A preclinical study using stem cells to produce progenitor photoreceptor cells -- light-detecting cells found in the eye -- and then transplanting these into experimental models of damaged retinas has resulted in significant vision…

New UCLA research in mice suggests that "dormant" cone photoreceptors in the degenerating retina are not dormant at all, but continue to function, producing responses to light and driving retinal activity for vision. The cells in the retina…

Lori Solomon WEDNESDAY Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most U.S. adults are unaware of warning signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and treatment advances for the condition, according to…

Combining a map of gene regulatory sites with disease-associated loci has uncovered a new genetic risk factor of adult-onset macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new study publishing January 17 in the open access journal PLOS Biology…

Elana Gotkine FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Two processes seem to contribute to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a study published online Jan. 9 in Eye.Wei Wei, M.D.,…

A Canadian study published in the journal Science elucidates a new molecular mechanism that may cause age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The research at Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosement, in Montreal, shows how life stressors such as…

Recent evidence has emerged to suggest that age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a clinical risk factor for increased risk for infection and mortality. AMD has been reported to confer higher risk of severe complications of SARS-CoV-2…