New strategy for treating common retinal diseases shows promise – Medical Xpress

Scientists at Scripps Research have uncovered a potential new strategy for treating eye diseases that affect millions of people around the world, often resulting in blindness.
Many serious eye diseasesincluding age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and related disorders of the retinafeature abnormal overgrowth of new retinal blood vessel branches, which can lead to progressive loss of vision. It’s a phenomenon called “neovascularization.”
For the past decade and a half, eye doctors…

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