Fighting Vision Loss—New Hope for AMD
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of blindness. Both the dry variety, in which macula thins with age and the wet variety, in which abnormal blood vessels grow in the back of the eye and damage the macula, do not cause complete blindness. However, AMD results in a loss of central […]
Zebrafish Hold the Key to Vision Restoration
When you get a paper cut, after about two weeks the skin repairs itself and you can’t see where the cut was located. If something similar should happen to your retina, you’re out of luck. Unlike skin cells, the cells of the retina don’t regenerate. So, if it is damaged in any way, the cells […]
