Q: My mother has been diagnosed with macular degeneration. What is this and are there treatments available? A: Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration, is an eye disease ...

In advanced dry disease, a key problem is failure of retinal pigment epithelium, often shortened to RPE. These cells help ...

Moran Eye Center researcher Adam Dubis, PhD, is contributing to an AI algorithm that assists ophthalmologists treating so-called “wet” or neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Head-Mounted ...

John A. Moran Eye Center physician-scientists Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD, and Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, will receive awards in 2019 from The Macula Society, a prestigious invitation-only ...

The macula is the center part of your retina. It gives you your central vision, what you see right in front of you. When the macula is damaged, you can still see around the edges of your vision, ...

Macular Degeneration – You’ve probably heard of it, but do you know what it is? This disease is the leading cause of vision loss, affecting more than ten million Americans. Right now, Macular ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD Key Takeaways Macular degeneration is a common eye disease, affecting more than 19 million people in the United States alone.The condition can reduce a ...

Scientists at USC are launching a new trial to test a tiny stem cell implant that could restore vision in people with ...

Macular degeneration is a disease many of us have heard of but may not know much about. So, it may be surprising to hear that the disorder significantly impacts the vision of millions of people in the ...

A macular hole may progress through four stages, each with different features. An early stage hole may resolve without treatment, while a later stage hole typically requires surgery. The macula is a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The first genome-wide significant study of the epigenetics of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has yielded a trove of genetic mechanisms and pathways that are responsible for ...