The
discovery was made by researchers from the University of Nottingham Scientists led by an Indian researcher, Harminder Dua.
The new layer is named after its discoverer.
The Dua's layer, is a skinny but tough structure measuring just 15 microns thick, where one micron is one-millionth of a meter and more than 25,000 microns equal an inch.
The Dua's layer, is a skinny but tough structure measuring just 15 microns thick, where one micron is one-millionth of a meter and more than 25,000 microns equal an inch.
It sits
at the back of the cornea, the sensitive, transparent tissue at the front of
the human eye that helps to focus incoming light, researchers said.
