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New eye test uses AI to predict AMD
Monday 18 January 2021
Scientists at University College London (UCL) have collaborated with the Western Eye Hospital, London, to develop a pioneering new eye test that may predict wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) three years before symptoms begin to develop.
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New eye test uses AI to predict AMD

18 Jan 2021
Poor diet linked to increased AMD risk
Saturday 25 January 2020
New research conducted in America claims that a diet heavily dependent on red meat and fatty foods could increase the risk of vision loss in older people.
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Poor diet linked to increased AMD risk

25 Jan 2020
Quicker, safer research into macular degeneration therapies.
Thursday 13 December 2018
Scientists say eye-on-a-chip technology may provide a new, quicker research opportunity for the study of macular degeneration, if proposals made recently at the University of Twente (UT) in Holland are adopted.
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Quicker, safer research into macular degeneration therapies.

13 Dec 2018
The blood test that could give an early warning of AMD
Monday 27 November 2017
Patients with any stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) carry signs of the disease in their blood. And scientists from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary now believe they have discovered a lab test which could identify potential sufferers b
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The blood test that could give an early warning of AMD

27 Nov 2017
An end to injections for AMD?
Friday 03 March 2017
Most people with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are all too familiar with the unpleasant treatment regimen of repeated injections of drugs into their eye.
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An end to injections for AMD?

3 Mar 2017
Alzheimer's proteins could cause Macular Degeneration
Wednesday 07 December 2016
Researchers at the University of Southampton have discovered that a group of proteins associated with Alzheimer’s Disease may be responsible for triggering Macular Degeneration, giving new hope for better treatment of the disease.
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Alzheimer's proteins could cause Macular Degeneration

7 Dec 2016
New Eye Chart to Detect Macular Degeneration
Monday 27 June 2016
An international team combining scientists from Moorfields Eye Hospital, Ulster University and University College London has produced an Eye Chart which detects the early onset of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).
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New Eye Chart to Detect Macular Degeneration

27 Jun 2016
Loss of Anti-Aging Gene Possible Culprit in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Wednesday 16 October 2013
A team of researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) has found that loss of an anti-aging gene induces retinal degeneration in mice and might contribute to age-related macular degeneration, the major cause of blindness in the elderly.
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Loss of Anti-Aging Gene Possible Culprit in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

16 Oct 2013