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BREAKTHROUGH: Macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy were reversed in a study done on mice.

BREAKTHROUGH: Macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy were reversed in a study done on mice.

New protein may reverse two major eye diseases

Scientists in the US have discovered a protein that may be able to reverse two major eye diseases that can lead to blindness. Inside the Eccles Human Genetics Lab, researchers successfully activated a protein in mice that both prevented and reversed age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

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