by Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified the long-sought structure of an essential blood protein: vitronectin. Knowing the protein’s structure—an advance that enables rational drug design—could lead to medicines that kill multi-drug-resistant bacteria, halt cancer metastasis, treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and more. The study was published in...
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An Often Unknown But Not Uncommon AMD Symptom
My father-in-law has had wet macular degeneration for over 15 years and has lost most of his central vision. In the spring when it started to warm up he would sit outside in his lawn chair, but was startled one day by images of children riding their tricycles in his driveway. Often mothers accompanied the...
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LED light can damage eyes, health authority warns
by Amélie Baubeau The “blue light” in LED lighting can damage the eye’s retina and disturb natural sleep rhythms, France’s government-run healthwatchdog said this week. New findings confirm earlier concerns that “exposure to an intense and powerful [LED] light is ‘photo-toxic’ and can lead to irreversible loss of retinal cells and diminished sharpness of vision,” the French Agency for...
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Hallucinations associated with brain hyperactivity in people with macular degeneration
New research from the University of Queensland has shown for the first time that visual hallucinations in people with macular degeneration are associated with abnormally heightened activity in the visual cortex of the brain. The findings, published in the journal Current Biology, could improve the diagnosis of such hallucinations. Macular degeneration is a retinal eye...
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Researchers are one step closer to developing eye drops to treat common sight loss condition
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Scientists at the University of Birmingham are one step closer to developing an eye drop that could revolutionize treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). IMAGE: THIS IS A GENTLEMAN WITH MACULAR DEGENERATION. AMD is the leading cause of blindness in the developed world. Its prevalence is increasing dramatically as the population ages and...
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Early age-related macular degeneration linked to high HDL
(HealthDay)—There is a higher risk for early age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in individuals with high plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, according to a study published online March 29 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Valentine Saunier, M.D., from the Université de Bordeaux in France, and colleagues describe the incidence and associated risk factors of AMD among 659 residents of...