The Evil Way Your Eyes Fend Off Germs
Jason Tetro
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Posted 12.01.2012
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Canada Living
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Antibiotic Resistance,
Antimicrobial Peptides,
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The eye is a complex organ and has developed a unique means to fight off germs. The eye has its own separate immune function to tackle a potential infection, which is called immune privilege. Research has since learned exactly how these peptides went about killing their enemies although the results are better placed in a Clive Barker novel -- AMPs manifest the well-known concept of death by a million paper cuts...
