The back of the eye with late stage AMD. Credit: Bradley D. Gelfand, University of Kentucky Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences A landmark study published today in the journal Science by an international group of scientists, led by the laboratory of Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor & vice chair of the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky, reports that HIV/AIDS drugs that have been used for the last 30 years could be repurposed to treat age-related macular degeneration , as well as other inflammatory disorders, because of a previously undiscovered intrinsic and inflammatory activity those drugs possess.
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