Tag: Eye Disease
UW – Madison Launches New Ophthalmology Tissue Biobank for Eye Diseases Research and Treatments
The University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) has entered into a new partnership aimed at systematically collecting, storing, processing and distributing human eye tissue for research purposes. The new ‘tissue biobank’ will provide investigators with high-quality...
Researchers Team with DSA Biobank to Investigate the Prevalence of Eye Disease in Adults...
Drs. Dimitrios Karamichos and Melissa Petersen at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, are teaming with DownSyndrome Achieves (DSA) Biobank in Ohio to find clues about Keratoconus Dystrophy. Their research will help better identify individuals...
Impact Of Chronic Eye Disease Among Latinos “Ojos” Study Receives $9.7 Million
With $9.7 million in funding from the National Eye
Institute, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago will study the
impact of chronic eye disease among Latinos. There are approximately 60 million
Latinos living in the U.S., and the National Eye...
