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...l protein on heart disease. --Finding the gene for macular degeneration---one of the leading causes of blindness in older adults. --Developing new high-resolution mammography technology. --Clinical trials of a bioartificial kidney. --Developing new drugs to treat heart attacks and cardiovascular disease. --T...'Translocation' surgery yields unprecedented results
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...t detect color (cones) degenerate; and age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of acquired visual impairment in the elderly. Although not much is known about the function of ABCR, it is becoming clear that even a mild disruption of the protein's activity will eventually lead to vision impai...Scientists identify natural chemical that causes blinding blood vessel growth
...vessels to become leaky. This leakiness underlies macular edema, another major cause of vision loss in diabe... can stop abnormal blood vessel growth and prevent macular edema in patients with diabetic retinopathy are planned for April or May at Hopkins' Wilmer Eye Inst...New machine may provide answers about leading cause of blindness
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new device to measure macular pigment in the human eyewill improve research ...nes that rely on complex optical systemsto measure macular pigment, the new device is not difficult to assemble or move and can be operated bysomeone with...Protein in eyes may be potential treatment for leading causes of blindness
...be usedas a treatment for diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration, the leadingcauses of blindness in the Western world. In an article in the July 9 issue of the journal Science, Noel Bouck andcolleagues at The Robert H. Comprehensive Lurie Cancer Center of NorthwesternUniversity showed that the...Mice show function of gene that causes two types of blindness
... one in 20,000 children over age 6, andage-related macular degeneration (AMD) develops in approximately one i...illness, which is the most common form of juvenile macular degeneration. Because the genetically engineered animals lack the ABCR gene, RmP alsois miss...Drug stops blinding blood vessel growth in mice
...n that people at risk for blindnessassociated with macular degeneration or diabetes may one day be able to po...the retina, resultingin severe loss of vision. In macular degeneration, abnormal blood vessels growbeneath the central part of the retina, called the macula. ...Study Ensures Effective Ways To Measure Macular Pigment Density
...d zeaxanthin are the major determinants to explain macular pigment optical density (MPOD), according to resea...tary, medical, physical and lifestyle factors, and macular pigment density, thought to be protective in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). "Results conf...Dietary Lutein Inhibits Mammary Tumor Growth And Normalizes Immune Balance In Tumor-Bearing Mice
...atory activities. Lutein can build density of the macular pigment andmay play a role in reducing the risk of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)....Dietary Carotenoid Lutein Reduces Atherosclerotic Lesion Formation In Mice
...xidant properties. Lutein canbuild density of the macular pigment, and higher intake of lutein from the diet...ay play a role in reducing the risk of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). A 1996 study by researchers at Cambridge University compared the levels ofcaro...Researchers Find Fas Ligand Is Important In Blinding Disease
...f Nature Medicine, the investigatorslink a form of macular degeneration to potential problems involving thein...erfere with vision inthe "wet" form of age-related macular degeneration. When one of these isdeficient, vision loss can occur. "There are two forms of ......eyes and maycontribute to the onset of age-related macular degeneration. The Columbia team also was a...ect correlation of theamount of this material with macular degeneration. The work appears in the Dec.8 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sci...Genetic Clue Found To The Leading Cause Of Blindness In The United States
...l fading-out ofcentral vision known as age-related macular degeneration. Roughly 7 percent ofAmericans older ...ls from Oster's family; 10 of themwith age-related macular degeneration. "It has been difficult to find a genetic cause for this disease," saidKlein. ......on of thousands of peoplethreatened by age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the major cause ofblindness in...ople over 55 years. The technique, called macular translocation, is used in cases of AMD inwhich abnormal blood vessels grow and bleed underneath the ...