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    Month: July 2016

    Finally, A Promising Breakthrough For Dry AMD

    Posted on July 27, 2016 by droberts
  • July 27, 2016

    Finally, A Promising Breakthrough For Dry AMD

    Genentech, Inc., a leading pharmaceutical developer, is currently conducting two phase III trials studying the drug lampalizumab as a potential treatment for advanced dry macular degeneration, also known as geographic atrophy (GA). Patients who have been diagnosed with GA are encouraged to participate in the trials, which are being conducted at hundreds of locations in […]

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  • Lions Center for the Blind Needs Support

    Posted on July 23, 2016 by droberts
  • July 23, 2016

    Lions Center for the Blind Needs Support

    The Lions Center for the Blind (LCB), a nonprofit organization with offices in Oakland and Fairfield, CA, has announced that it will cease operations effective August 31, 2016, unless significant additional funding is received prior to that date. The 74-year-old service organization will have to close its doors due to a lack of funding unless new sources […]

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  • Anti-depressant Drugs May Someday Help Prevent Macular Degeneration

    Posted on July 19, 2016 by droberts
  • July 19, 2016

    Anti-depressant Drugs May Someday Help Prevent Macular Degeneration

    Tests in a mouse model of macular degeneration have shown that anti-depressant drugs already on the market prevent damage to the light cells in the retina. In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a University of Wisconsin—Madison research team pinpoints how immune abnormalities beneath the retina result in macular degeneration. […]

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