Here’s an excellent summary of the research and developments in the field of AMD. It’s done by Dan Roberts of mdsupport.org which is a site I highly recommend for both information and support.
Click here for the audio with slides presentation. You don’t have to be able to see the slides, the audio is very clear.
Click here for a transcript of the presentation.
We can’t transplant the retina (yet) but researchers in Italy have had success replacing damaged tissue below the retina in the choroid layer with tissue from the patient because it has less chance of being rejected. Tissue taken from the patient and moved to the choroid is called autologous choroidal transplantation.
Click here to review ‘the science stuff’ regarding how the eye is structured.
Here are 2 articles about the procedure.
Click here for a more technically-oriented article in Ocular Surgery News.
Click here for an easier to read version in WebRN.
My Macular Degeneration Journal 