Future eye treatments

Summary

• Scientists have discovered a previously unknown system that helps remove waste from the back of the eye.  The finding could open new ways to study and treat glaucoma and other serious eye diseases that can lead to vision loss.
• The discovery could help scientists better understand how the eye protects its delicate tissues and what happens when its waste removal system does not work properly.Dr.
• Gupta said the finding could improve scientists understanding of how the eye clears waste and may support future research into treatments for different eye diseases.

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Scientists have discovered a previously unknown system that helps remove waste from the back of the eye.  The finding could open new ways to study and treat glaucoma and other serious eye diseases that can lead to vision loss.

Researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto identified a drainage pathway that helps carry waste from the back of the eye to the body’s lymphatic system.

The researchers named it the Posterior Ocular Lymphatic Outflow (POLO) pathway.