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In traditional Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) the oil inside the Meibomian glands, which in normal, healthy glands have the consistency of, and flows like, olive oil becomes viscous (with a thicker, firmer consistency like lard), clogging the glands, resulting in back pressure which stresses the glands causing the glands to shorten, atrophy, and ultimately be lost
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HSP-based DNA vaccines and tolerance induction HSP-directed DNA vaccines provide an immunologically sophisticated strategy aimed at restoring tolerance rather than broadly suppressing immunity