Tag: diabetic retinopathy

  • A vitamin A analogue may help treat diabetic retinopathy

    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…