New Treatment for Macular Degeneration By Attacking Abnormal Blood Vessels Directly, University of North Carolina School of Medicine Study

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Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have published new findings in the hunt for a better treatment for macular degeneration. In studies using mice, a class of drugs known as MDM2 inhibitors proved highly effective at regressing the abnormal blood vessels responsible for the vision loss associated with the disease. “We believe we may have found an optimized treatment for macular degeneration,” said senior study author Sai Chavala, MD, director of the Laboratory for Retinal Rehabilitation and assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology & Physiology at the UNC School of Medicine.

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