Macular degeneration linked to aging immune cells
Early symptoms include blurred vision, where straight lines look distorted. This can lead to whiteouts or darkness in the middle of your visual field. Because peripheral vision is not affected, the disease doesn’t cause total blindness. Current treatments can delay the loss of central sight, but they do not restore it fully.
Lin says that \”Macular Degeneration Therapies seem to treat disease symptoms rather than its causes.\” We focused on the role macrophages play in regulating inflammation, and the growth abnormal blood vessels. This was to determine if it might be possible to design therapies to prevent the progression of advanced forms of disease for people who do not benefit much from current treatments.
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