Macular degeneration is a loss of central vision due to damage to part of the retina. Macular degeneration is not always hereditary, but a family history of the condition is a risk factor. People may ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of vision loss among adults over 65. This condition ...

Many of us are painfully aware of our body's increasing number of shortcomings as we get older. Sagging skin, hearing loss, receding hairlines and tending to use the bathroom more frequently than we ...

The research team is now monitoring 12 more participants who received higher doses of 150,000 and 250,000 cells. If no safety ...

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have shown that reducing chronic inflammation can significantly protect against age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-like pathology in preclinical ...

In a first-in-human phase 1/2a clinical trial, researchers used adult stem cells to help restore vision in people with age-related macular degeneration. In the United States, age-related macular degen ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes progressive vision loss in a large number of elderly people, and no treatment ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece starts a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Macular degeneration is an incurable eye disease and the leading cause of blindness in people 55 and older in the United States, affecting more than 10 million Americans. Since many people diagnosed ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother has been diagnosed with macular degeneration. Will she go blind? Am I at risk? Macular degeneration affects the center of the retina in the back of the eye, which is called ...

Judi Dench says macular degeneration has affected her vision. (Karwai Tang/WireImage via Getty Images) Dench has shared in previous interviews that the condition has affected her ability to read ...