macular degeneration is in my family. it was horrible thing to see. describe the people and what it is and how it affects them? >> cheryl, things have change a lot since your father's time so it's nice to talk about macular degeneration. it's most common cause of vision loss in elderly patients. it's fairly common. once you hit the age of 65, about 10-15% of patients have some form of macular degeneration. the vast majority of patients have the mild form and they will never have their vision affected by this, whether small deposits in the retina we call drusin. over the years they caning on to lose vision. one of the ways they go from the mild form of macular degeneration to the wet form where you have leakage and bleeding right in the bull's-eye of the retina. >> cheryl: can you see it? >> no, the patient can't see it themselves. they will notice problems that you are talking about, the blind spots, blurry vision, distortion that is what the patients notice first. >> cheryl: when do you know it's time to see a doctor? >> everyone past the age of 55 o

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diabetes and macular degeneration are excellent examples where the retina doesn't work and this devicentosa. is that something genetic that happens to people? >> yes unfortunately. hundreds of thousands in the usa have it and there's no other treatment for it. so this is a huge milestone. >> i think people would ask how expensive is it? >> right now it's very expensive, like $150,000. like all technology, the cost decreases. i think it will be very affordable within the next few years. >> and hopefully insurance will cover that. >> exac >>> memories of president kennedy go up for auction this weekend and we'll show you the collection of his personal aide. it covers everything from birthday parties to the assassination. that's next on "cbs this morning." 360 dusters extender, and you'll dump your old duster. but don't worry he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ ♪ who's that lady? ♪ ♪ sexy lady, who's that lady? ♪ [ female announcer ] swiffer 360 dusters extender cleans high and low with thick all around fibers that attract and lock up to two times more dust than a feather duster

it's an area we're talking about macular degeneration and retinal diseases, it's an area where greatrides are occurring. >> good. >> all the money goes to research. really making fantastic strides in curing or helping these diseases. >> i love their approach. >> pretty smart. all right, tucker barnes. >> busy man today. >> weather continues to deteriorate. locally transitioning for the most part to rain. still have a little bit of a holdout north and west. that will be with us for the next several hours. there's a live look at your satellite radar. hard to see because of the cloud cover. but we have bright white. there it is on the western edge of our envelope of precipitation. our viewers to the north and west not done with the mess yet this morning. the wintry mix. but i think by late this morning, temperatures should warm up enough primarily rain for you. the rest of us, rain all morning. even heavy rain into southern maryland. lower eastern shore, towards ocean city, you've been getting very heavy rain during the early morning hours. let me show you the system here as we expect i

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