Findings could help explain the links between macular degeneration and cardiovascular disease, which both worsen with age.

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identifies a possible way to slow or block progression ...

Washington University researchers found that raising a molecule called ApoM helps eye cells sweep away harmful cholesterol ...

Fixing problems with cholesterol metabolism might help slow or prevent a common cause of age-related vision loss, a new ...

Both dry and wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) involve changes to the macula, part of the retina in your eye. Dry AMD is more common and involves yellow deposits called drusen, which lead ...

Toll-like receptors, or TLRs, are the immune system’s early warning sensors. They detect microbial invaders and damage ...

Fixing problems with cholesterol metabolism might help slow or prevent a common cause of age-related vision loss, a new WashU ...

A new study reveals that increasing levels of apolipoprotein M (ApoM) may slow or prevent the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of blindness in older adults.

Dry macular degeneration can turn into "wet" macular degeneration, in which abnormal blood vessel growth damages vision. Geographic atrophy and wet macular degeneration are advanced forms of the ...