I imagine this article was written by someone who lacks the professional experience necessary to delineate the finer points of this condition and was just trying (as was I) to give a general heads-up to folks with family members who have AMD.
"I imagine this article was written by someone who lacks the professional experience necessary to delineate the finer points of this condition and was just trying (as was I) to give a general heads-up to folks with family members who have AMD."
But the problem for those of us in the trenches, is that we have to be the bearer of bad news when such an irresponsibly optimistic article is published. That, inevitably positions us as the bad guys (shoot the messenger syndrome). It has already happened to a small extent here on this humble FR thread.
Much could be said here about the inherent sloppiness of "journalism" in general, but that is well covered elsewhere on Free Republic.
My sensitivity to this kind of information dissemination comes from the office full of patients I'll have to face tomorrow, who will be disappointed when we relay the REAL facts about this treatment.
But let me go back to my FIRST statement, for SOME it is a very promising therapy.