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Parkinson's drugs could provide new avenue to treat diabetes-related vision problems

January 21, 2014
Diabetic Eye Disease Neuroscience
Basic Research
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Dopamine-restoring drugs already used to treat Parkinson's disease may also be beneficial for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness in adults, Emory University researchers have discovered. The results were published recently in Journal of Neuroscience.