HIV/AIDS Drugs Could Be Repurposed to Treat Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Study Published Today in Science LEXINGTON, Ky. - A landmark study published today in the journal Science by an international group of scientists, led by the laboratory of Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor and 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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