In the December issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Wilmer Eye Institute researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found how a molecular pathway involving oxidative stress, or an imbalance of molecular oxygen in cells, an
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<p>To better understand how oxidative stress affects the progression of age-related macular degeneration, researchers are using “mini retinas” and retinal pigment epithelium monolayers derived from stem cells developed by Department of Ophthalmology faculty.</p>
Researchers say they have evidence that an experimental drug may prevent or slow vision loss in people with diabetes. The results are from a study that used mouse as well as human retinal organoids and eye cell lines.