Amd Treatment, Illustration

Treatment Of Macular Degeneration By Interfering Rna. Representation Of The Treatment For Macular Degeneration Red Spot On The Retina Thanks To The Injection Of Interfering Rna On The Left That Enables To Stop The Growth Of The Blood Vessels At The Level Of The Macula Lutea Dark Blue Spot On The Retina. The Age Related Macular Degeneration Amd, Also Named Senile Macular Degeneration Is A Degenerative Disease Of The Macula Lutea, Central Area Of The Retina, Point Where Visual Acuity Is Maximal And Point On Which Acute Vision Of The Details Is Made. This Degenerescence Mainly Affects Persons Over 65 Years Old And Lead To An Important Loss Of The Visual Field. Juvenile Forms Of Degeneration Also Exist Genetic Diseases. Amd Can Take A Dry Form Or, As Here, A Humid Form Also Named Exsudative Or Neovascular. In This Case, New Choroidial Blood Vessels Form Neovascularization And Invade The Region Located Under The Macula Lutea ; Retinal Hemorrhages Can Occur As These New Vessels Are Very Fragile, Leading To A Destruction Of The Macula Lutea And To Cecity On The Bottom Left. Humid Amd Is The First Pathology For Which The Treatment Is Tryied By Rna Interference Rnai. An Injection Of Interfering Rna Directed Against The Mrna Of The Vegf Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Is Done In The Vitreous Humor On The Top Left. The Clinical Study Has Revealed A Decrease Of The Neovascularization On The Bottom Right Accompanied By An Improvement Of The Sight Bevasiranib, Acuity Pharmaceuticals, June 2006. (Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images)