Abstract:Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of irreversible vision loss in individuals over 55 years old in the United States. While anti-vascular growth factor injections can be used to treat macular neovascularization (MNV), there are currently no treatments available to halt or reverse geographic atrophy, which is the late-stage of nonneovascular AMD. There is a great interest in detecting early biomarkers associated with a higher risk for AMD progression in order to design early intervention cl… Show more
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