Wet AMD in its early stages can be treated with drugs to reduce the formation of new blood vessels, but this treatment is inefficient in cases where blood vessel formation is already in its advanced ...

A clinical trial is investigating whether a stem cell-derived patch can replace disease-damaged cells and restore vision. Age-related macular degeneration is a steadily worsening eye disease and the ...

Macular degeneration, particularly age-related macular degeneration, is a leading cause of vision loss worldwide. This condition affects the central part of the retina, known as the macula, which is ...

Age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness for Americans 65 and older, is a progressive ...

Current treatments sometimes fail to help people with "wet" age-related macular degeneration-- and researchers now think they know why. Wet AMD is caused by an overgrowth of blood vessels in the ...

In the United States, age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss in people who are 60 and older. It affects the central portion of the retina, called the macula.

Results from a clinical trial published in The Lancet show that injecting human stem cells into the retinas of two legally blind patients improved their vision. Although the results are preliminary, ...

Human stem cell transplants successfully repaired macular holes in a monkey model, researchers report October 3 in the journal Stem Cell Reports. After transplantation, the macular holes were closed ...

Transplanted human stem cells successfully repaired macular holes in monkey models of the disorder. This is according to a new study from researchers at the Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research at ...

In a major step that could potentially lead to jaw-dropping recoveries in humans affected by conditions such as macular holes, researchers at the Kobe Eye Hospital in Japan have repaired a hole in a ...

Age-related macular (AMD) degeneration is a leading cause of vision impairment and blindness in the elderly population. In so-called wet AMD, new, abnormal blood vessels grow in the central part of ...