Drug Candidate Slows Age-related Macular Degeneration

Friday, October 17, 2008 - 22:28 in Health & Medicine

Research results show that the progression of age-related macular degeneration is markedly slowed in new laboratory-engineered mice when they received treatments of retinylamine, a trial drug that has been tested in a medical school lab. AMD is a leading cause of vision loss in Americans 60 years of age and older.

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