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A prize catch for diabetic retinopathy

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A new approach to treating leaky blood vessels emerges from a proteomic analysis. The findings have implications for diabetic retinopathy and other diseases associated with increased vascular permeability (pages 181–188).

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Figure 1: Erythrocyte-derived carbonic anhydrase increases retinal vascular permeability.

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