Tag: diabetic retinopathy
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A vitamin A analogue may help treat diabetic retinopathy
Summary Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes and a leading cause of blindness among the working-age population. A new study reports that visual function in diabetic mice was significantly improved after treatment with a single dose of visual chromophore 9-cis-retinal, a vitamin A analogue that can form a visual pigment in the…