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Utah State University: From Hagfish to Membrane - Modeling Age-Related Macular Degeneration
September 14, 2023
LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news:

By Sydney Dahle

Researchers at Utah State University have successfully demonstrated that hagfish slime proteins can accurately replicate membranes in the human eye for study.

Professor Elizabeth Vargis and her team study a condition called age-related macular degeneration that causes damage to the retina, making it difficult to see. They study in vitro models, or a model deve . . .

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