And two companies, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Sirna Therapeutics, are trying to develop RNAi as a drug against diseases like macular degeneration, cystic fibrosis and pandemic flu.

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Their mechanism may even work on other diseases, such as macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness, and even eye damage from diabetes, some researchers believe.

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That number is expected to double by 2030 as the aging population brings rising rates of macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and other eye diseases.

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It is now focused on seeking treatments for major eye diseases, including Wet AMD, or age-related macular degeneration.

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All you do is send in a cheek swab with DNA on it, and a few weeks later a variety of gene data will be posted on the Web, including whether you have genes recently discovered to be associated with risk for heart attacks, macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetes, prostate cancer, breast cancer and a variety of other diseases (see: www.decodeme.com).

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