Genes and age-related macular degeneration.

From: Bandolier | Date: March 1, 2007 | Copyright information

Bandolier continues its journey into ever-harder tasks by trying to get its neurone wrapped around a genetics paper. In the usual course of events our neurone may have given up, except for the importance of the topic, age related macular degeneration (AMD). The paper includes both a meta-analysis and interactions with lifestyle factors [1] that makes it worth pursuing.

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