Squalamine for Macular Degeneration - 3D Medical Animation

Neovascular or exudative AMD, the "wet" form of advanced AMD, causes vision loss due to abnormal blood vessel growth (choroidal neovascularization) in the choriocapillaris, through Bruch's membrane, ultimately leading to blood and protein leakage below the macula. Bleeding, leaking, and scarring from these blood vessels eventually cause irreversible damage to the photoreceptors and rapid vision loss if left untreated.Only about 10% of patients suffering from macular degeneration have the wet type.Macular degeneration is not painful, which may allow it to go unnoticed for some time.