Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) once meant a slow, irreversible loss of vision, and many people still believe that's ...

Management of geographic atrophy (GA) has changed with the introduction of retinal therapies aimed at slowing disease ...

Aviceda Therapeutics has hit a snag in its goal to deliver a new treatment for geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration. The biotech’s lead asset, AVD-104, ...

SIGLEC Phase 2b data support AVD-104 as a potential therapy to reduce GA lesion growth, preserve and improve visual acuity, and reduce conversion to neovascular AMD across all GA lesion types at 1 ...

In life, it’s important to savor every moment. Take Ken, a man from Reno who is living a full life at an age when most people would be long retired. Eleven years ago – at age 77 – he began working as ...

Dame Judi Dench is opening up about her worsening eyesight as she lives with age-related macular degeneration. During a recent appearance on ITV with longtime friend and fellow actor Ian McKellen, ...

Aalto University scientists have created a laser-based treatment that uses gentle heat to stop the progression of dry macular degeneration. The approach stimulates the eye’s natural cleanup and repair ...

A groundbreaking retinal implant, PRIMA, is restoring central vision in patients with geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of macular degeneration that blinds roughly 1 million Americans. Unlike ...

Researchers found that instant coffee can increase the risk of age-related macular degeneration, and speculate that it has to do with the production process Getty Researchers found that instant coffee ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common eye condition in older adults that can affect central vision. Geographic atrophy is an advanced form of AMD that causes permanent vision changes.

Geographic atrophy, an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration, leaves almost five million people around the world nearly blind. A new clinical study provides a possible solution that ...

A wireless electronic prosthesis implanted under the retina has been shown to restore central vision in people with an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration, leading to improvement in ...