Proteins in the eye may predict which macular degeneration patients need life-long treatment

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Measuring levels of proteins in eye fluid may accurately predict need for lifelong macular degeneration therapy

In a study of eye fluid from 38 patients, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found that levels of a specific protein appears to help accurately predict whether people with the wet form of age-related macular degeneration may need lifelong, frequent eye injections to preserve vision or if they can be safely weaned off the treatments.