HIV Drugs May Be Repurposed for Blindness
Abstract Security Iris or Retina Scanner being used on an Intense Blue Human Eye, Macro
February 2, 2021
Blindness due to age-related dry macular degeneration (AMD) robs over 200 million people worldwide of being able to do the simplest tasks they used to take for granted, such as driving or playing with their grandkids. Currently, there is no approved treatment for AMD.
A group of drugs used to treat HIV that block DNA synthesis in the cytoplasm can be repurposed to treat an advanced form of AMD called geographic atrophy (GA), a new study suggests. The findings were published in the journal,