The other suffers from Stargardt's macular dystrophy, its main cause in children.

另一位是隐性黄斑营养不良症患者，这是儿童致盲的主要原因。

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.

我的数据表明我已达到平均风险系数对于黄斑病变，一种失明病。

An American firm called Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) is using them to treat macular degeneration, a cause of blindness.

美国先进胞技术公司（Advanced Cell Technology，简ACT）用多能胞治疗可能致盲的黄斑变性。

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iPS胞的第一例临床试验，同样也是治疗黄斑变性。

Although there is a partial loss of vision, macular function is spared, meaning that central vision is still sharp and detailed.

虽然视野部分缺失，但黄斑功能仍得以保留，即中心视力仍然完好。

So this early stage of the age-related macular degeneration can progress to more severe forms.

因此，年龄相关性黄斑变性的早期阶段可以发展为更严重的形式。

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。

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、青光眼和白内障等疾病的风险就越高。

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，展会将展示视觉障碍相关的产品，如老年性黄斑变性，即AMD。

So the wet macular degeneration typically affects one eye first.

因此，湿性黄斑变性通常首先影响一只眼睛。

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，如你所说，视网膜黄斑部变性会导致失明。

So today we're talking about something called macular degeneration.

所以今天我们谈论的是一种叫做黄斑变性的东西。

Well, age-related macular degeneration affects around 700,000 individuals within the UK.

嗯，年龄相关性黄斑变性影响了英国大约 700，000 人。

The veteran actor has a condition known as age-related macular degeneration that currently affects around 700,000 people in the UK.

这位资深演员患有一种被为年龄相关性黄斑变性的疾病，目前在英国影响着大约 700，000 人。

And that's quite different to something called age-related macular degeneration.

这与年龄相关性黄斑变性完全不同。

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。

So, let's see, what are the first signs that we know that we're suffering from age-related macular degeneration?

那么，让我们看看，我们知道自己患有年龄相关性黄斑变性的最初迹象是什么？

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，这是与年龄相关的黄斑变性或 AMD 中发生的情况。这种疾病是发达国家失明的主要原因。

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品，包括治疗精神分裂症、心脏病和导致失明的黄斑变性的产品。