Variations in two genes could account for three-quarters of all cases of age-related macular degeneration, a new study reports.
The disease is the leading cause of blindness in people over 60 and affects more than 50 million people worldwide. It occurs when light-sensing cells malfunction in a part of the retina called the macula and block the central field of vision.
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