VEGFA and age-related macular degeneration: Both AMD and DR are degenerative disorders [3, 4], with the former potentially progressing to either the dry subtype of the disease, whose advanced form is noted for the presence of geographic atrophy, or the wet subtype, also known as neovascular AMD (nvAMD) [3], in which NV originating from the choroid and driven by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) occurs.