Macular amyloidosis (MA) commonly occurs in populations of the Middle East, Asia, and Central and South America. Women, especially those aged 20 to 50 years, are more likely than men to present with ...

Is there a link between age-related macular degeneration and Alzheimer's disease? Age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, is a common eye condition and also a leading cause of vision loss among ...

Galimedix Therapeutics Inc. plans to move its lead compound, GAL-101, into a phase IIa proof-of-concept trial next year, in order to test an intriguing hypothesis associated with certain retinal ...

Medications like lecanemab (Leqembi) and donanemab (Kisunla) target amyloid plaques in the brain that build up due to Alzheimer’s disease. They may help slow disease progression for people in the ...

Amyloidosis is the deposition of extracellular amyloid protein throughout the body with impaired functioning of the affected organs. When isolated to the skin, it is termed primary cutaneous ...