New Layer Of Human Eye,'Dua's Layer,' Discovered Behind Cornea

[Tx4obama]

New Layer Of Human Eye,'Dua's Layer,' Discovered Behind Cornea

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown layer lurking in the human eye.

The newfound body part, dubbed Dua's layer, is a skinny but tough structure measuring just 15 microns thick, where one micron is one-millionth of a meter and more than 25,000 microns equal an inch. It sits at the back of the cornea, the sensitive, transparent tissue at the very front of the human eye that helps to focus incoming light, researchers say.

The feature is named for its discoverer, Harminder Dua, a professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Nottingham. Dua said in a statement that the finding will not only change what ophthalmologists know about human eye anatomy, but it will also make operations safer and simpler for patients with an injury in this layer.

"From a clinical perspective, there are many diseases that affect the back of the cornea, which clinicians across the world are already beginning to relate to the presence, absence or tear in this layer," Dua said in a statement.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/layer-human-eye-duas-layer-cornea_n_3427580.html

[randome]

1. Sorry, this has nothing to do with Snowden/Greenwald. Locking...

On the other hand, very interesting.

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[Tx4obama]

2. LOL :) n/t

[Duer 157099]

3. JFC, I read that as "New Lawyer of Human Eye" and thought WTF?

Now our EYES need lawyers TOO????

[enough]

4. Amazing and wonderful that there's still so much to be discovered,

and knowledge to be put to use.

[loyalsister]

5. That is way cool!

It will be so interesting to learn more about it.