Macular Degeneration News Headlines

• March Is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month; Experts Say Early Detection Is The Key To Saving Eyesight
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Spring Is Time For Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Artificial retina holds promise for blind
  MSNBC - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:06 EST
  
• Macular degeneration has a strong genetic link
  Reuters - Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:57 EST
  
• Artificial retina implant holds promise for blind
  Reuters - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:54 EST
  
• Tests Begin On Next Generation Of Retinal Implant
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Artificial Retina Could Help Blind Regain Partial Sight
  ScienceDaily - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Retinal Implant Helping Blind People See Again
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Former MP in fight with NHS to save eyesight
  The Earth Times - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:41 EST
  
• Genentech warns doctors of Lucentis stroke risk
  Reuters - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:10 EST
  
• Common Blood Pressure Drug Reduces Progressive Muscle Degeneration In Mice
  ScienceDaily - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• JRRD Releases Single-Topic Issue Focused On Vision Rehabilitation
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Genetics And Lifestyle Interact To Increase Risk For Age-related Blindness
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Genetics And Lifestyle Interact To Increase Risk For Age-Related Blindness
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Common Blood Pressure Drug Reduces Progressive Muscle Degeneration In Mice
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Sentry Enzyme Blocks Two Paths To Parkinson's Disease
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Sentry Enzyme Blocks Two Paths To Parkinson's Disease
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Sentry Enzyme Blocks Two Paths To Parkinson's Disease
  ScienceDaily - Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Common Blood Pressure Drug Reduces Progressive Muscle Degeneration in Mice - February 2, 2007
  National Institutes of Health - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:50 EST
  
• Carbon Monoxide Protects Mice From Multiple Sclerosis
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Gene Linked To Aggressive 'Wet' Age-related Macular Degeneration
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Carbon Monoxide Protects Mice From Multiple Sclerosis
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Gene Linked To Aggressive 'Wet' Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:00 EST
  
• Bone-Degrading Substances Also Produced By Gums' Own Cells
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Common Blood Pressure Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy In Mice
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Common Blood Pressure Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy In Mice
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Cell Therapy For Parkinson's
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Isis Development Partner ICo Therapeutics Files IND For Antisense Drug To Treat Eye Disease
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Manmade Protein Shows Promise For Cancer, Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Cell Therapy For Parkinson's
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Drug shows promise against diabetic eye condition
  Reuters - Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:25 EST
  
• Micro Forceps And Scissors For Ophthalmic Surgery
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Drug shows promise against diabetic eye condition
  Reuters - Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:18 EST
  
• Cellgate Initiates Phase I Clinical Study In Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Light-sensitive Photoswitches Could Restore Sight To Those With Macular Degeneration
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
  
• TargeGen Initiates Phase I Clinical Trial Of Topical AMD Drug TG100801
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
  
• New Gene Linked To Macular Degeneration Risk
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:00 EST
  
• Telescope Trial Published In Ophthalmology Report On Vision And Quality Of Life In Patients With End-Stage Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
  
• MacuSight(TM) Initiates Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Study
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Regular Exercise Can Stave Off Degenerative Eye Disease
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:00 EST
  
• Sirion Therapeutics Initiates Enrollment Of Phase II Clinical Trial For The Treatment Of Geographic Atrophy
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Protein Protects Against Nerve Degeneration
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Protein Protects Against Nerve Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
  
• Laser Treatment Does Not Prevent Vision Loss for People with Early Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  National Institutes of Health - Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:08 EST
  
• New Gene Linked To Macular Degeneration Risk
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Macular Vision Loss In Diabetics Slowed By Drug Treatment
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:00 EST
  
• Manmade Protein Shows Promise For Cancer, Macular Degeneration
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Eye injections curb macular degeneration
  MSNBC - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:52 EST
  
• Eye injections curb macular degeneration
  Reuters - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:22 EST
  
• Studies Link Gene Variant to Macular Degeneration
  MedicineNet - Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Lowering The Cost Of Preserving Vision
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:00 EST
  
• Drug Treatment Slows Macular Vision Loss In Diabetics
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Eye injections curb macular degeneration: study
  Reuters - Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:03 EST
  
• Lucentis® Receives Positive European Union Regulatory Agency Opinion For Approval As New Treatment For A Leading Cause Of Severe Vision Loss
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
  
• Laser Won't Stop AMD Vision Loss
  WebMD - Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:30 EST
  
• Sight Could Be Restored In Those With Macular Degeneration Using Light-Sensitive Photoswitches
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Laser Treatment Ineffective In Preventing Vision Loss In Early Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 05 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Macular Degeneration Drug Adds Vision
  MedicineNet - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
  
• New Nationwide Study Will Evaluate Effect of Antioxidants and Fish Oil on Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
  National Institutes of Health - Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:18 EST
  
• Blind Mice See Again After Retinal Stem Cell Transplant
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Regular Exercise Can Stave Off Degenerative Eye Disease
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Cleveland Clinic Researchers Discover A New Way Of Inhibiting Tumor Growth
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Earlier Diagnosis And Treatment Of Retinal Degenerative Diseases
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
  
• National Eye Institute To Finance Two-Year Study Comparing Effectiveness Of Treatments For Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Regular exercise can bring down the risk of developing age-related eye disease
  The Earth Times - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:48 EST
  
• Laser Treatment Not Effective In Preventing Vision Loss For People With Early, Age-Related ...
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Major Eye Disease Linked to Gene
  WebMD - Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:57 EST
  
• UT Southwestern Participating In Nationwide Study On Leading Cause Of Vision Loss For Seniors
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:00 EST
  
• Protein find could be key to treating eye disorder
  Reuters - Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:39 EST
  
• Protein find could be key to treating eye disorder
  Reuters - Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:13 EST
  
• Protein find could be key to treating eye disorder
  Reuters - Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:42 EST
  
• High Hopes for Ragweed Vaccine
  ABC News - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:16 EST
  
• Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Causes Significant Health Problems At A Staggering Cost
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Simple Treatment For Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:00 EST
  
• Transplanted Photoreceptor Precursor Cells Restore Visual Function In Mice With Retinal Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
  
• U.S. to Hold Head-to-Head Trial of 2 Genentech Drugs to Treat Eye Ailment
  New York Times - Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:41 EST
  
• Risk Of Age-related Macular Degeneration Influenced By Variation In 3 Genes
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:00 EST
  
• Variation In 3 Genes Influences Risk Of Age-related Macular Degeneration
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Can Further Studies Lower The Cost Of Preserving Vision?
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 09 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Researchers Identify Dart-like Molecule In Age-related Macular Degeneration
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Human Stem Cells Are Found to Help Rats’ Vision
  New York Times - Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Federal Study Might Compare Effectiveness Of Lucentis, Avastin For Eyes
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Lucentis Shows Significant Vision Benefits In Pivotal Phase III Data Published In New England Journal Of Medicine
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
  
• New England Journal Of Medicine Publishes Data From Lucentis Pivotal Phase III Studies In Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Role For Macrophages In Age-related Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:00 EST
  
• Stem Cell Experiments Slow Vision Loss in Rats
  Washington Post - Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Delivery Improvements Of The AMD-drug Lucentis On The Way
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Stem Cells Therapy Can Slow Eyesight Loss
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:00 EST
  
• Study Identifies Possible Mechanism For Brain Damage In Huntington's Disease
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:00 EST
  
• What Is Neuroprotection?
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Study Identifies Possible Mechanism For Brain Damage In Huntington's Disease
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Case And Cleveland Clinic Researchers Identify Molecule In Age-related Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:00 EST
  
• $14.6 Million NIH Grant Will Build On Macular Degeneration Findings
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:00 EST
  
• Acuity Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Phase II Results For Bevasiranib In Wet AMD
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Sirna Therapeutics Reports Final Results From Phase 1 Study On Its RNAi-Based Therapeutic For Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:00 EST
  
• Obesity doubles risk of blindness
  The Earth Times - Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:18 EST
  
• MacuSight(TM) Initiates First Phase I Study Of Novel Ophthalmic Drug Candidate
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Age-related Macular Degeneration And Genetic Variation Linked
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
  
• First European Approval In Switzerland For Lucentis As A Breakthrough Treatment For A Leading Cause Of Blindness In People Over Age 50
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:00 EST
  
• Kentucky Researcher Receives Prestigious Lew R. Wasserman Award For His Research In The Field Of Age-related Macular Degeneration
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:00 EST