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Forum on aging eye reveals research breakthroughs.(NEWS REVIEW)(Brief Article)

Review of Optometry

| November 15, 2003 | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Age-related vision problems have commonalties with other disorders associated with aging, which is why physicians from various disciplines gathered in October at the North American Scientific Symposium on Age-Related Vision Impairment.

The forum attracted leading experts who discussed the latest technological breakthroughs and research findings in the detection and treatment of age-related vision loss.

Pharmacological therapies currently being studied--each of which address different facets of age-related macular degeneration--include use of drugs that have demonstrated success in combating other disorders, such as antiangiogenic drugs used in cancer …

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