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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Química (IQ) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Caroline de Oliveira Machado in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Macular degeneration compromises visual sharpness and color perception and may cause irreversible loss of vision. There is no cure for macular degeneration, but there are treatment strategies to retard its progression, including dietary supplementation with antioxidant formulas containing lutein and zeaxanthin. These xanthophylls are a class of carotenoids found both in macula, the centra…
Macular degeneration and vitelliform macular dystrophy are eye disorders that compromise the central vision, retinal image sharpening, and color visualization. These diseases have been associated with the accumulation of lipofuscin and its main component N-retinylidene-N-retinylethanolamine (A2E) in the retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells causing photo-oxidative cell damage. In this pr…
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