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by etskinner 3010 days ago
>Both patients in the trial had "wet" age-related macular degeneration. This form of the disease is caused by abnormal blood vessels growing through the retinal pigment epithelium and damaging the macula. Dry age-related macular degeneration is more common and caused by the retinal pigment epithelium breaking down.

If this is a viable treatment method, it would help only the minority of macular degeration patients.
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pinum 3010 days ago
>It is hoped the patch will be able to treat both forms of the disease.
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AnimalMuppet 3010 days ago
If I understand correctly, "wet" progresses much more rapidly than "dry". You're much more likely to unexpectedly lose your sight to "wet" (as opposed to just slowly having your sight deteriorate).

Feel free to correct if I'm wrong. I'm not an expert. This is just what I've gathered from having two family members with it.

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