A recent international collaborative efforts on meta-analysis of AMD-GWAS from 18 centers, involving >17,000 AMD cases and 60,000 matched controls of European and Asian ancestry, has revealed 19 AMD loci, including 7 novel ones near the genes COL8A1/FILIP1L, IER3/DDR1, SLC16A8, TGFBR1, RAD51B, ADAMTS9, and B3GALTL34. This evidence concerns the gene SLC16A8 and age-related macular degeneration.