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Scientific American

October 1, 2001

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The Challenge of Macular Degeneration

Researchers have begun to identify the causes of this dreaded eye disease that targets the elderly

By Hui Sun & Jeremy Nathans

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Jeremy Nathans is a professor of molecular biology and genetics, neuroscience and ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 285 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Challenge of Macular Degeneration” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 285 No. 4 (), p. 68
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1001-68
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