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A promising new cancer technology from NIH could help improve how liver cancer is diagnosed and treated. Liver cancer, particularly hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), remains one of the deadliest cancers worldwide, and better treatment options are urgently needed. NIH inventors have developed two fully
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects approximately 200 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of blindness in all developed countries. Identifying eyes at high risk of progression to late-stage AMD would allow timely medical treatments, lifestyle interventions, more tailored
Ellipsoid zone (EZ) loss has been proposed as evidence of progression of several retinal degenerative diseases, including, but not limited to, retinitis pigmentosa and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)-induced retinal toxicity. HCQ is a first-line drug used to treat autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus
Glaucoma is one of the world’s leading causes of irreversible blindness, and currently, no therapies exist to directly protect retinal ganglion cells (RGC) from degradation and loss. NIH inventors have developed a method to treat glaucoma using exosomes derived from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal