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Protein Strongly Linked to Age-related Vision Loss Uncovered

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Protein Strongly Linked to Age-related Vision Loss Uncovered

Recently, research led by Dr. Francesca Marassi, a professor at Sanford Burnham Prebith, is helping to reveal the molecular secrets of macular degeneration, which causes almost 90% of age-related vision loss. The study, recently published in Biophysics, describes the flexible structure of a key blood protein that is associated with macular degeneration and other age-related…

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Biomedical labs bleed horseshoe crabs for vaccines with little accountability : NPR

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Biomedical labs bleed horseshoe crabs for vaccines with little accountability : NPR

[ad_1] Horseshoe crabs are bled at a facility in Charleston, S.C., in June 2014. Ariane Müeller hide caption toggle caption Ariane Müeller Horseshoe crabs are bled at a facility in Charleston, S.C., in June 2014. Ariane Müeller Horseshoe crabs used to be everywhere. Millions of years before dinosaurs roamed the planet, each spring, the hard-shelled…

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