" We've known for decades that the more nearsighted the person is, " says Onken, " the higher the likelihood they are for losing vision when they're older, due to conditions like retinal detachment, glaucoma, macular degeneration and cataracts."

“几十年来我们一直知道，人近程度越深，在年龄增长后失去力可能性就更大，这可能是剥离、青光眼、黄斑变性及白内障等多种情况引起。”

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年代获得这一专利，催生出了各种各样，包括治疗精神分裂症、心脏和导致失明黄斑变性。

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黄斑变性60岁女性患者体内，在英国，该疾也是导致失明最为常见因。

Then it travels through the lens, which helps to direct the light raise into the macula, which is the back part of your retina.

然后它穿过晶状体，这有助于引导光线进入黄斑，也就是后面。

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

眼睛结构拉伸时间越长，患近黄斑变性、脱离、青光眼和白内障等疾风险就越高。

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 年观察，发现阿司匹林使黄斑部变性风险增加了一倍，正如你所说，黄斑部变性会导致失明。

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，展会将展示觉障碍相关，如老年性黄斑变性，即AMD。

Although there is a partial loss of vision, macular function is spared, meaning that central vision is still sharp and detailed.

虽然野部分缺失，但黄斑功能仍得以保留，即中心力仍然完好。

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

一位是老年性黄斑变性患者，这是发达国家盲人患常见致盲原因。

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

我数据表明我已经达到平均风险系数对于黄斑变，一种失明。

This is because the part of the occipital lobe in charge of the macula gets blood from both the posterior cerebral artery as well as the medial cerebral artery.

这是因为负责黄斑功能枕叶部分同时由大脑后动脉和大脑中动脉供血。

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

该国卫生部应该不久便会批准iPS细胞第一例临床试验，同样也是治疗黄斑变性。

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

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

The other suffers from Stargardt's macular dystrophy, its main cause in children.

另一位是隐性黄斑营养不良症患者，这是儿童致盲主要原因。

Macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa are two well-known ailments that give rise to vision loss.

黄斑变性和色素变性是两种众所周知眼疾，会导致力丧失。

That's why they're developing diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, pancreatitis.

那就是为什么他们会患上糖尿变、黄斑变性和胰腺炎。

Macular degeneration in the retina in the left eye.

左眼黄斑变性。

This is also the region where your photoreceptors begin to die if you have AMD. In fact, a 1.5-millimeter lesion in this area, which is approximately the thickness of a credit card, will render you legally blind.

这是如果你患有年龄相关性黄斑变性，光感受器开始死亡区域。事实上，这个区域如果有大约1.5毫米损伤，相当于信用卡厚度，就会使你达到法定失明标准。

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.

人们也可能有部分力丧失， 在这种情况下，他们会经历诸如白内障等疾导致混浊或模糊图像， 或者失去中心力， 但保持正常周边力，如黄斑变性。

You know, one other thing that I've been taking actually for a while, I was having a decrease in my eyesight, and it was pretty noticeable, as age-related macular degeneration.

你知道， 其实还有一样东西我已经服用了一段时间，我力有所下降，而且相当明显， 是与年龄相关黄斑变性。