Gene for age-related macular degeneration discovered by Yale researchers.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-11 March 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: Gene for age-related macular degeneration discovered by Yale researchers (C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07032005 New Haven, Conn. - Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a gene for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on a region of chromosome 1, leading the way for targeted treatment for this widespread eye disease that causes blindness in millions of people.

The study, led by Josephine Hoh, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) at Yale School of Medicine, will be published online in the March 10 issue of Science Express. Hoh and colleagues from Yale, Rockefeller University and the National Eye Institute, used a highly interdisciplinary...

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