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UofL cardiology team’s editorial stresses need for more accurate heart disease risk-prediction models

June 7, 2018

A University of Louisville cardiologist and data scientist stressed the need for more accurate heart disease risk-prediction models in an editorial published in the Annals of Internal Medicine this week.

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Normal eye dominance is not necessary for restoring visual acuity in amblyopia

June 7, 2018

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye,” is a visual disorder common in children. The symptoms often are low acuity in the affected or “lazy” eye and impaired depth perception.

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Biomaterial particles educate immune system to accept transplanted islets

June 7, 2018

By instructing key immune system cells to accept transplanted insulin-producing islets, a team of researchers including those from the University of Louisville have opened a potentially new pathway for treating type 1 diabetes.