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. 2010 Oct 1;143(1):13-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.09.028.

Clinical application of therapies targeting VEGF

George D Yancopoulos  1
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Clinical application of therapies targeting VEGF

George D Yancopoulos. Cell. .
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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.

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