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Study suggests new way to prevent vision loss in diabetics and premature babies

Researchers at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, have identified a new molecule that induces the formation of abnormal blood vessels in the eyes of diabetic mice.

The study, "Secretogranin III as a disease-associated ligand for antiangiogenic therapy of diabetic retinopathy," published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine, suggests that inhibiting this molecule may prevent similarly aberrant blood vessels from damaging the vision of not only diabetics, but also premature infants.