The science of preserving sight | Joshua Chu-Tan

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

As you get older, your eyes worsen and become susceptible to a disease called age-related macular degeneration -- the leading cause of blindness, with no cure in sight. Sharing the science of how your vision works, researcher Joshua Chu-Tan offers breakthrough insights on a lesser-known RNA that could change the treatment for this disease, preserving the gift of sight for longer and improving the quality of life for millions of people.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:13.0	This is Ted Health.
0:14.0	It's your host, Dr. Shoshana Ungerleiter.
0:17.0	What if the world as you see it slowly began to fade away?
0:23.0	Imagine starting each day in darkness
0:26.0	where the first rays of sunlight
0:28.0	the smiling faces of loved ones
0:30.0	and even the most mundane things are just memories.
0:35.0	In this enlightening TEDx talk, Joshua Chutan
0:39.0	takes us on a journey into the world of age-related macular degeneration,
0:44.0	a disease that gradually steals sight.
0:47.0	With no known cure, the prognosis is grim,
0:51.0	but Chutan offers a glimmer of hope.
0:54.0	He introduces us to micro-RNA,
0:57.0	tiny but powerful regulators that could be harness
1:00.0	to combat this debilitating disease.
1:03.0	This talk isn't just about science,
1:05.0	it's about the potential to reclaim the gift of sight
1:09.0	and improve the quality of life for millions.
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