While anti-VEGF therapy has restored vision for many, the monotherapy does not improve visual acuity in a substantial number of AMD patients as a form of long-term management (Rofagha et al., 2013; Fernández-Robredo et al., 2014; Bracha et al., 2017; Dunn et al., 2017; Jaffe et al., 2017; Malek et al., 2018). Here, VEGFA is linked to age-related macular degeneration.