Macrophages and MicroRNA-150 (AUDIO)

WashU Medicine

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Our immune systems can change as we get older, and now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that as immune cells called macrophages age, the changes in those older cells can increase the risks for age-related macular degeneration, a major cause of blindness in the united states. Jim Dryden has more...

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