This animation shows the degenerative changes to the macula. A dark area, or black out, may appear in the center of vision, but peripheral vision often remains clear.

Welcome

The Macula Vision Research Foundation’s web site is a multi-level resource website, filled with a full listing of all MVRF’s programs, offering various ways to view the site (multiple text sizes and even a reverse-out high contrast choice) for those with vision impairments. Information about clinical trials, research and treatments as well as tips and hints about coping with macular degeneration are being updated and added continuously.

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of severe and irreversible loss of central vision in people over 50.

By the time a patient notices a change in his or her vision, macular degeneration has already begun its irreversible process, slowly destroying one’s ability to see a new grandchild, read a letter from a friend, watch tv, scan a computer screen, or drive a car. The 15 million people suffering from macular degeneration and the people who care about them know that dreams can vanish as the disease progresses — lives are not the same.