One has age-related macular degeneration, the main cause of blindness in rich countries.

一位是老年性斑变性病患者，这是发盲人病患常见的致盲原因。

My data indicates that I've got about average risk for developing macular degeneration, a kind of blindness.

我的数据表明我已经到平均风险系数对于斑病变，一种失明病。

An American firm called Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) is using them to treat macular degeneration, a cause of blindness.

美先进细胞技术公司（Advanced Cell Technology，简称ACT）正运用多能细胞治疗可能致盲的斑变性。

Soon, the country's health ministry is expected to approve the first clinical trial of iPS cells, also for macular degeneration.

该卫生部应该不久便会批准iPS细胞的第一例临床试验，同也是治疗斑变性。

The longer those eye structures are stretched the higher the risk of disorders like myopic macular degeneration, retinal detachment… glaucoma and cataracts.

眼睛结构拉伸的时间越长，患近视斑变性、视脱离、青光眼和白内障等疾病的风险就越高。

In digital health, the show will include products for people with visual impairments such as age-related macular degeneration, also known as AMD.

在数字健康方面，展会将展示视觉障碍相关的产品，如老年性斑变性，即AMD。

They looked 2,400 people for 15 years and found that aspirin doubled your risk of macular degeneration which, as you said, causes blindness.

他们对 2400 人进行了 15 年的观察，发现阿司匹林使视斑部变性的风险增加了一倍，正如你所说，视斑部变性会导致失明。

OK? That's why if you have loss of foveal vision and macular degeneration, it's really awful.

好吗？所以如果你失去了中央凹视力和斑变性，那真的很糟糕。

From combating high cholesterol to treating age-related macular degeneration, the list of potential treatments is expanding rapidly.

从对抗高胆固醇到治疗与年龄相关的斑变性，潜在的治疗方法正在迅速扩大。

That patent that they finally got from the 1970s has led to all kinds of products, including ones that treat schizophrenia, heart disease, and macular degeneration, which causes blindness.

他们最终从20世纪70年代获得的这一专利，催生出了各种各的产品，包括治疗精神分裂症、心脏病和导致失明的斑变性的产品。

Well, this is exactly what happens in age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. This disease is the leading cause of blindness in the developed world.

好吧，这正是与年龄相关的斑变性或 AMD 中发生的情况。这种疾病是发失明的主要原因。

Cells derived from a donated early embryo were implanted into the retainer of the 60 year-old woman with age related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the UK.

医生将胚胎干细胞移植到了一名患有老年斑变性的60岁女性患者体内，在英，该疾病也是导致失明最为常见的病因。

We have an incredibly complex disease known as age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. A disease that affects the central vision with the most common form having no known cure or treatment.

我们有一种极其复杂的疾病，称为年龄相关性斑变性或 AMD。一种影响中心视力的最常见形式的疾病，目前尚无已知的治愈方法。

People can also have partial vision loss, where they experience things such as cloudy or fuzzy images from conditions like cataracts, or lose central vision, but maintain a normal peripheral vision like with macular degeneration.

人们也可能有部分视力丧失， 在这种情况下，他们会经历诸如白内障等疾病导致的混浊或模糊图像， 或者失去中心视力， 但保持正常的周边视力，如斑变性。

Mutations in genes that code for miRNA molecules have been found to cause conditions such as congenital hearing loss and are thought to be involved in the pathology of many eye disorders, such as cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration.

研究发现，编码 miRNA 分子的基因突变会导致先天性听力损失等疾病，并被认为与白内障、青光眼和斑变性等多种眼部疾病的病理有关。