Discovering How the Retina Ages With Dr. Akihiro Ikeda, DVM, PhD
Why do age-related diseases occur when people age? This sounds like a simple question – when else should they occur? But it is a key question that applies to retinal diseases including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects roughly 11 million people in the U.S. and usually leads to loss of central vision. Aging is …