Macular Degeneration
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Hormone Replacement May Cut Risk For Age-Linked Eye Disease
"Currrent postmenopausal hormone users had a notable 48 percent lower risk of neovascular (involving formation of new blood vessels) AMD compared with those who had never used postmenopausal hormones, although risk did not decline linearly with ... [... more]
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Study Finds Potential Cause Of Age-Related Macular ...
The authors found that, in endothelial cells derived from normal mice, Slit2 inhibited these pro-angiogenic activities, blocking both cell migration and vessel leakiness. In cells derived from Robo4-mutant mice, however, Slit2 had no effect -- ... [... more]
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