Monday, January 16, 2023
Analysis focuses on why some individuals with a genetic predisposition develop AMD, while others are spared.Life stressors, such as obesity reprogram immune system cells, could cause age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to the results of a study published in Science.1[1]“We wanted to know why some [individuals] with a genetic predisposition develop AMD, while others are spared,” Przemyslaw (Mike) Sapieha, PhD, an ophthalmology professor at the Université de Montréal, said in a statement. “Although considerable effort has been invested in understanding the genes responsible for AMD, variations and mutations in susceptibility genes only increase the risk of developing the disease but ...