MSU researcher identifies cell mechanism leading to diabetic blindness

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 08:00 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have long known that high blood sugar levels from diabetes damage blood vessels in the eye, but they didn't know why or how. Now a Michigan State University scientist has discovered the process that causes retinal cells to die, which could lead to new treatments that halt the damage...

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