Ocular Immune Privilege

Ocular Immune Privilege

Our eyes have evolved to essentially hide from our own immune systems to avoid damage and blindness from inflammation. The main problem with this privilege is that most ways of giving medicine to the eye don't work. This makes it hard to treat any serious eye infections.

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