http://ideas.eyeconx.net/story.php?title=major-breakthrough-in-macular-degeneration-research University of Kentucky researchers, led by Dr. JayakrishnaAmbati, have made a major breakthrough in the "dry" form of age-related macular degeneration known as geographic atrophy (GA). GA is an untreatable condition that causes blindness in millions of individuals due to death of retinal pigmented epithelial cells. The paper, "DICER1 loss and Alu RNA Induce Age-Related Macular Degeneration via the... Fri, 11 May 2012 10:39:15 EDT en