The disease is wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), in which blood vessels grow abnormally and leak into the centre of the retina, damaging sufferers' central vision.

患者一旦染上一种称之为年龄相关性黄斑变性(湿型amd)的疾病，其血管就会出现异常且会扩散到视网膜的中心，损害患者的中心视觉。

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The two products are treatments for the "wet" form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which can rapidly lead to blindness (see main story).

两种药品都是用于治疗湿性amd的，湿性AMD可以迅速引起失明(见前)。

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A drug called Lucentis, made by Genetech, has proved effective at treating the wet form of age-related macular degeneration, which can lead to blindness.

Genetech公司研制的药物Lucentis被证明能够有效治疗湿性年龄相关性黄斑变性(亦称老年性黄斑变性)，这种眼病可以导致失明。

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Lucentis is a prescription drug for the treatment of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration and macular edema.

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By the end of the study, the researchers showed that 9.3% of patients taking aspirin developed wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) compared with 3.7% of patients who did not take aspirin.

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Two breakthrough drugs from Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ) offer hope for patients with the more severe "wet" form of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.

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