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A brighter future for cataract surgery

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A method for preventing lens epithelial cell growth following cataract surgery suggests a novel way to deliver drugs to the eye (pages 1026–1028).

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    Nobuhiro Ibaraki

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Ibaraki, N. A brighter future for cataract surgery. Nat Med 3, 958–960 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0997-958

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