Summary: Study uncovers new genetic risk factors for age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of vision loss in adults.
Source: PLOS
Combining a map of gene regulatory sites with disease-associated loci has uncovered a new genetic risk factor of adult-onset macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new study publishing January 17 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Ran Elkon and Ruth Ashery-Padan of Tel Aviv University, Israel, and colleagues.
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