To examine posterior eye shape changes in childhood myopia and progressive nearsightedness using whole eye optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging.
Genetics
Teaming Up for Gene Therapy
*This article originally appeared in the McPherson Eye Research Institute Summer 2021 InSights Newsletter Millions of Americans currently battle inherited visual disorders, armed with very few therapeutic options. Recent advances in genome editing, which many believe …
BIM2
To identify whether genetic variation or polymorphism in genes that impact angiogenesis can be identified as biomarkers for responsiveness to anti-VEGF therapy in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
MYOPIA
To identify genes that are involved in eye growth specifically in individuals and families with nearsightedness (myopia).
GENETIC EYE DISORDERS
To identify the gene or genes responsible for developmental causes of blindness in the world, and to establish a Pediatric Ophthalmic Genetics and Research Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.