Clinical application of therapies targeting VEGF.
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Abstract
This year's Lasker DeBakey Clinical Research Award goes to Napoleone Ferrara for the discovery of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) as a major mediator of angiogenesis and for the development of an effective anti-VEGF therapy for wet macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the elderly.
Medical subject headings
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
- Awards and Prizes
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
- Wet Macular Degeneration