degeneration
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In the United States, age-related macular degeneration is one of the most common causes of permanent vision loss in adults who are 60 and older.
From Science Daily
Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish—retained critical and popular esteem, but most were ignored by middle-class tastemakers or maligned as conduits of cultural degeneration.
Close lost her eyesight from macular degeneration later in life, but climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in her 80s and Mount Washington in New Hampshire at age 88, a feat which she said nearly killed her.
From Seattle Times
Spinraza helps slow degeneration but it involves regular injections in the spine for life, compared to the one-off injection of Zolgensma.
From BBC
Microglia might also explain the complex relation between amyloid and tau, the aberrant proteins that lead to neuron degeneration and memory loss.
From Scientific American
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