The Eye Has a Hidden Cleanup System and Scientists Just Discovered It
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University of British Columbia and University of Toronto researchers identified the POLO (posterior ocular lymphatic outflow) pathway, a previously unknown drainage route in the eye that clears fluid and metabolic waste, overturning a 100+ year assumption that the eye had no lymphatic system.
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