British medical researchers have found a chemical which they believe could prevent dry AMD from turning into more serious. It is essentially a vaccination against AMD, something as yet unheard of in the ongoing global battle against macular degeneration.
A husband and wife team of scientists from Trinity College London said that they have done tests on animals and human eyes donated for research and found. In their tests, an immune chemical called IL-18 is critical to preventing the degeneration of the macula.
The pair believe that if more IL-18 is introduced into our eyes, it will stop macular degeneration. In short, there is the amazing possibility that a jab could solve a lot of our problems.
Research, of course, is still at an early stage. Click here to read more about this breath-taking development.
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