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October Surprise 2016

Potential one-time gene therapy treatment for wet age-related macular …

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration, also called wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), is the most common cause of severe vision loss across the globe. The disease impacts close to 2 million people in the United States, Europe and Japan alone. In patients with wet AMD, newly formed leaky blood vessels in their retinas diminish vision over time.