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Proteins critical to wound healing identified

August 18, 2014
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Diabetic Eye Disease
Basic Research
Grantee

Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may have implications for treating diseases involving abnormal blood vessel growth, such as the impaired wound healing often seen in diabetes and the loss of vision caused by macular degeneration.