The joint study revealed that it’s the eye pressure that compounds the inflammation by activating a protein that works against microbial infections. Research co-author Dr. Zhang Kang says that the anti-microbial protein also kills cells in the retina. The only treatment seen to inhibit the eye’s production of these substances at present is a drug that’s already undergoing tests for cancer and stroke patients.
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