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Funded Project Details - FY2021




Project Number:

I01CX002116-01
Title: Role of Macrophages in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Principal Investigator:

Eleonora Lad

Location: Durham, NC
Congressional District Code: 1
Research Service: Clinical Science R&D
Project Period: July 2020 - June 2024
FY 2021 Funding Amount: $228,035
Total Award Amount
(all years):		 $930,194
Abstract: View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER
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Excerpt:

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly in the US and in more than a million veterans over the age of 45, resulting in a tremendous burden of care. The objective of this proposed project is to investigate the role of retinal macrophages and relationship to functional and structural biomarkers of disease progression in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common form of AMD (85%) and currently without cures. Development of retinal im...


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