News: macular degeneration

Study offers new hope for treatment-resistant age-related macular degeneration

If you haven't already heard of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), chances are that you will, since it might one day affect you or someone in your family.

NIH-funded research provides framework for future studies of AMD biology, therapy

The Johnson Foundation of Jamestown, New York, has made a generous gift of $100,000 to the University of Utah’s John A. Moran Eye Center to help find new treatments for...

A variant in a gene called Complement Factor H (CFH) appears to contribute to the increased risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration.