To elucidate the safety and efficacy of exogenous erythropoietin (EPO) for the protection of photoreceptor cells in a rat model of retinal detachment (RD). Intravitreal injection of EPO 400 ng into ...

Anemia is a frequent complication of chronic renal failure (CRF). Insufficient production of glycoprotein hormone erythropoietin (Epo) is a main causative factor of uremic anemia. Currently, regular ...

The pharmaceutical company Affymax just got $10 million for moving forward with an anemia treatment that would require one injection a month as opposed to as many as several shots a week. Imagine the ...

Although vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a primary mediator of retinal angiogenesis, VEGF inhibition alone is insufficient to prevent retinal neovascularization. Hence, it is postulated ...