Now, a team of researchers—led by scientists at Washington University (WashU) in St. Louis—has found a handy molecule that could possibly help treat AMD as well as certain ailments in the ...

With that in mind, Apte and co-senior author Ali Javaheri, MD, Ph.D., an assistant professor of medicine, were interested in assessing whether reduced ApoM levels, which fall with age, could be ...

The molecule that might save your sight—and your heart Fixing problems in cholesterol metabolism could stave off a leading cause of blindness, according to new research in mice, human plasma ...

Apte and Javaheri's research suggests that when ApoM is low, cells in the retina and heart muscle can't correctly metabolize cholesterol deposits and have a hard time getting rid of these ...

A new study identifies how the molecule, called ApoM, can clear harmful cholesterol deposits linked to macular degeneration as well as certain types of heart ailments.

However, new treatment using ApoM—which, in recent years, has been shown to be a protective molecule with anti-inflammatory attributes—could potentially stop AMD before it develops past the ...