Immune Response Likely Culprit in Eyelid Gland Condition That Causes Dry Eye (IMAGE)

Duke University Medical Center

Immune Response Likely Culprit in Eyelid Gland Condition That Causes Dry Eye

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New research from Duke Health and Duke Eye Center suggest Immune cells that normally rush in to protect the eyes from infection might actually be disrupting moisturizing glands and causing dry eye, a disease that afflicts more than 30 million people in the United States.

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Samiha Khanna/Duke Health

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