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degeneration

[dih-jen-uh-ray-shuhn] / dɪˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /


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Kodiak Sciences plans to file for regulatory approval of one drug candidate, Zenkuda, following its success in a trial for wet age-related macular degeneration.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Blood tests can measure chemical signs of tissue degeneration to flag which patients may get worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The same technology could also have potential uses in post-traumatic OA, intervertebral disc degeneration, rotator cuff degeneration, and the localized delivery of other hydrophobic drug candidates.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Solicitor-advocate Stephen Biggam, defending, said MacPherson was deaf and suffering from the eye condition macular degeneration.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

There was no kindness, no gentleness to this departure; nothing human, but rather a degeneration into some demonic substratum of the body that had waited to lay waste to all the lineaments of grace.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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