Novel ways of treating angiogenesis in the eye

血管的异常生长是眼睛致盲状况的中心特征。虽然有治疗方法可以减少大多数患有晚期年龄相关性黄斑变性的人的视力突然卢什，但约20%的人没有反应，一半的人逐渐失去视力。该项目将确定一种与目前可用的疗法截然不同的新疗法治疗视网膜血管疾病的有效性。

Abnormal growth of blood vessels is a central feature of number of blinding conditions of the eye. Although there are treatments available that reduce the sudden loos of vision in a majority of people with advanced age related macular degeneration, about 20% fail to respond and half gradually loose vision. This project will determine the effectiveness of treating vascular diseases of the retina with a novel therapy that is quite different to that currently available.