Tech Transfer Challenge yields new technology that makes a difference
By Brittany Brown '09 • March 30th, 2009 • Category: Centers, Programs, StudentsNot long after your 50th birthday, you turn on the television and realize that you can barely make out the actors’ faces. You have joined the 30 million people worldwide who suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an increasingly common disease affecting adults ages fifty and older. But don’t be alarmed—this disease won’t be a threat much longer, thanks to a new technology developed at Texas A&M University.