" 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，人的近视程度越深，在年龄增长后失去视力的可能性就更大，这可能是视网膜剥离、青光眼、黄斑变性及等多种情况引起的。”

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，催生出了各种各样的产，治疗精神分裂症、心脏病和导致失明的黄斑变性的产。

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的60岁性患者体，在英国，该疾病也是导致失明最为常见的病因。

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，患近视黄斑变性、视网膜脱离、青光眼和等疾病的风险就越高。

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 年的观察，发现阿司匹林使视网膜黄斑部变性的风险增加了一倍，正如你所说，视网膜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，展会将展示视觉碍相关的产，如老年性黄斑变性，即AMD。

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

一位是老年性黄斑变性病患者，这是发达国家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达到平均风险系数对于黄斑病变，一种失明病。

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细胞的第一例临床试验，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的黄斑变性。

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

黄斑变性和视网膜色素变性是两种众所周知的眼疾，会导致视力丧失。

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

那就是为什么他们会患上糖尿病视网膜病变、黄斑变性和胰腺炎。

Macular degeneration in the retina in the left eye.

左眼视网膜黄斑变性。

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，我的视力有所下降，而且相当明显， 是与年龄相关的黄斑变性。

But research has yet to establish whether vitamin A can protect against particular eye disorders, such as the development of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration.

但研究尚未确定维生素A是否能预防特定的眼部疾病，如的形成和与年龄相关的黄斑变性。

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，这正是年龄相关性黄斑变性（或简称AMD）发生的情况。这种疾病是发达国家失明的主要原因。

She's 70 and registered blind due to a progressive condition called dry age-related macular degeneration or AMD.

她70岁，由于一种名为干性年龄相关性黄斑变性（AMD）的进行性疾病，已登记为失明。

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黄斑变性，那真的很糟糕。

Cigarette smoking, tobacco smoking is probably the most common one and that causes the macular degeneration to develop sooner and more severely.

吸烟、吸烟可能是最常见的一种，这会导致黄斑变性发展得更快、更严重。