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Newly Discovered Dua's Layer has role in Glaucoma

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Yes, if you Google a diagram of corneal layers this image is the first tocome up.  No, it is no longer correct.  Not even Google can keep up!  via  Remember when we all thought the cornea was just five layers thick?  These were simpler times, when diagrams were neatly organized and mnemonic devices were memorized -- the ancient history of pre-June 2013.  That...

New Corneal Layer Discovered

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Here's a post for all the nerds out there:  Yesterday I got the news that what we thought we knew about the cornea (the clear layer of tissue located on the front of the eye) was actually all wrong.  Scientists have a discovered a new layer of corneal tissue, and since the cornea is where many ocular surgeries are performed, this new discovery...