PubMed ID: 26951413 Author(s): Chopra A, Jung M, Kaplan RC, Appel DW, Dinces EA, Dhar S, Zee PC, Gonzalez F 2nd, Lee DJ, Ramos AR, Hoffman HJ, Redline S, Cruickshanks KJ, Shah NA. Sleep apnea …
Year: 2016
Childhood gene-environment interactions and age-dependent effects of genetic variants associated with refractive error and myopia: The CREAM Consortium.
PubMed ID: 27174397 Author(s): Fan Q, Guo X, Tideman JW, Williams KM, Yazar S, Hosseini SM, Howe LD, Pourcain BS, Evans DM, Timpson NJ, McMahon G, Hysi PG, Krapohl E, Wang YX, Jonas JB, Baird …
Chief Resident Update: AAO Advocacy Day
Chief Resident Jeremy Lavine, MD, PhD, recently traveled to Washington, DC, where he represented the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the American Academy of …
International Ophthalmology Collaboration: Dr. Umang Mathur Speaks at May 13 Grand Rounds
A commitment to international health has long been a priority within the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. This is no more evident than with the doctors and staff in the Department …
Comparative Vision: Can Bacteria Really See?
PubMed ID: 27166697 Author(s): Nilsson DE, Colley NJ. Comparative vision: can bacteria really see? Curr Biol. 2016 May 9;26(9):R369-71. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.025. PMID 27166697 Journal: Current Biology : Cb, Volume 26, Issue 9, May 2016 It …
Allergic Eye Disease
Allergic eye disease is a bilateral immune mediated process of the ocular surface that occurs in up to 25% of the population of developed countries. Five entities are described as having at least in part …
Mary Ann Croft, MS, One of Nine UW Academic Staff to Receive Award
Mary Ann Croft, MS, a researcher in the Kaufman Lab in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, studies issues of the aging eye such as presbyopia and visual accommodation. Read about the award she …
Reaching More Patients through Telemedicine (Video)
Telemedicine is a new option for screening patients with diabetic eye disease. Yao Liu, MD, presented the past, present and future of this revolutionary diagnostic tool that can help patients across the state and around …
Inhibition of mitochondrial β-oxidation by miR-107 promotes hepatic lipid accumulation and impairs glucose tolerance in vivo.
PubMed ID: 26499439 Author(s): Bhatia H, Pattnaik BR, Datta M. Inhibition of mitochondrial β-oxidation by miR-107 promotes hepatic lipid accumulation and impairs glucose tolerance in vivo. Int J Obes (Lond). 2016 May;40(5):861-9. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.225. Epub …