In blinding eye disease, trash-collecting cells go awry, accelerate damage

Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 09:31 in Health & Medicine

Spider-like cells inside the brain, spinal cord and eye hunt for invaders, capturing and then devouring them. These cells, called microglia, often play a beneficial role by helping to clear […]

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