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Eyeing a new route along an old pathway

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Little is known about molecular mechanisms responsible for the development of glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. A new study suggests that glaucoma pathogenesis involves an endothelial leukocyte cell-adhesion molecule that is implicated in the development of vascular diseases (pages 304-309).

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Figure 1: Schematic diagram of eye structures involved in aqueous humor dynamics.

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