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Published online 10 March 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050307-14
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Geneticists find key to age-related blindness
Small mutation increases risk of sight loss in old age.
Geneticists have pinpointed a mutation that increases the chances of age-related blindness. The discovery, made by three separate research groups, could help to identify people who are most vulnerable to the condition.
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