Binggang Xiang, Ph.D., focuses on understanding how platelets work and their role in disease. His research has earned him a coveted presenters spot at the national American Heart Association conference in November.
University of Louisville and UL Labratories are set to open the UL Additive Manufacturing Competency Center (AMCC), a 10,000-square-foot hub for students and professionals to train on 3-D printing and advanced manufacturing.
Craig H. Blakely, Ph.D., M.P.H., dean of the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences, has been appointed to the Defense Health Board, which advises the Secretary of Defense on matters relating to health for retired and active members of the military and their families.
A new science called Neurogastronomy brings chefs and neuroscientists together to improve quality of life for patients with taste & smell deficits. The inaugural International Society of Neurogastronomy symposium is November 7, 2015, featuring internationally-renowned chefs, scientists, and food technologists.
Recent court ruling puts "Happy Birthday" song into popular domain, but discovery of early song manuscript adds mystery to song's origin.
Scientist available to discuss science/myth behind the "super blood moon" - once hailed as a sign of the apocalypse - which will happen Sept. 27.
As Pope Francis embarks on his first visit to the U.S., a recent survey shows that while he is extremely popular with American Catholics, there is a significant split concerning his active role in pushing an agenda outside the normal papal realm.
In patients with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, a clinical trial shows antidepressants can increase incidents of depression and mood cycling.
D&D Ranch looks as if it would be located in Oklahoma or Texas, but it actually sits atop a reclaimed strip mine in Eastern Kentucky. The 1000 acre ranch is home to the East Kentucky Heifer Development Project, which has helped local farmers improve their cattle herds for the last 17 years.
An investigational medical device for the treatment of late stage lung cancer, pioneered by researchers at University of Kentucky, has been approved for clinical trials by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). UK is the only site in the country approved to test this new treatment on advanced lung cancer patients.
A new University of Kentucky study in the journal mBio shows that tissue cysts of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, long thought to be dormant, are quite active.
University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto and Diane Follingstad, director of the UK Center for Research on Violence Against Women, unveiled preliminary results from a campus-wide survey of students. Campus Attitudes Toward Safety (CATS) found that most students believe UK is safe, but that too many remain reluctant to report sexual assaults. UK officials believe the university is among the first in the country to undertake a mandatory campus-wide survey regarding sexual assault and campus climate.
Building on scientific evidence implicating disturbed calcium regulation in brain aging accumulated during the past 30 years, a research team in the University of Kentucky Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences has found a connection between unhealthy brain aging and a protein responsible for regulating calcium at the molecular level, FKBP1b.
The only known manuscript of “Good Morning to All,” which evolved into the world-famous “Happy Birthday” song, was recently uncovered in the music archives at the University of Louisville.The 1890s manuscript was found in forgotten file cabinet after more than 60 years.
The UofL Office of Public Health Practice has relocated from the Health Sciences Center campus to West Louisville, an area of the city marked by health disparities and poverty.
Use of irreversible electroporation (IRE) doubles the survival time for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer say researchers at the University of Louisville in a paper in the September edition of the Annals of Surgery.
Using computer vision, signal processing and privacy protection, University of Kentucky doctoral student Nkiruka Uzuegbunam, along with electrical and computer engineering Associate Professor Sen-ching Samson Cheung, have developed "MEBook," a combination of a social narrative and gaming system that psychologists and parents can use as behavioral therapies for autistic children.
From the earliest moments of Kentucky’s recorded history, the lives of African-Americans have been intricately woven into the fabric of the state. Now, a first-of-its-kind reference chronicles individuals, events, places, organizations, movements and institutions that have shaped the state’s history.
The project is a collaborative effort between principal investigators at the University of Kentucky, University of Oklahoma, and the University of Rhode Island, which is leading the interdisciplinary consortium. The goal is to establish a powerful technology platform with innovative tools to image, sense, record, and affect real-time brain function and complex behavior.
The grant will allow researchers to develop unmanned aircraft systems, otherwise known as drone systems, to study atmospheric physics for improved precision agriculture and weather forecasting.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) recently awarded a $750,000 grant to University of Kentucky researcher Fredrick Onono to study the potential link between obesity and breast cancer.
In a phase III trial reported in the August 2015 issue of Pediatrics, the new combination vaccine was determined to be effective, safe and well-tolerated.
Several units at the University of Louisville will join together with groups from throughout Louisville and the United States to commemorate the end of World War II.
It's well-known that excessive UV exposure can lead to skin cancer — but Dr. John D'Orazio at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center focuses his research on exactly why this happens, with the hopes of eventually developing longer-lasting forms of UV protection other than topical sunscreen.
Early bird registration is available until Aug. 15 for the 15th Annual Geriatric Health Care Symposium, “Maximizing Independence for Optimal Aging,” presented by the University of Louisville Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging.
The University of Louisville is one of only two institutions to host the army's Strategic Army Broadening seminar, designed to develop next generation of army leaders.
At the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, researchers are looking for biomarkers that might serve as an early warning system for AD. The process is not without complications, but these scientists possess a collective “Rosie the Riveter” spirit.
For the first time, advanced technologies made it possible to read parts of a damaged scroll that is at least 1,500 years old, discovered inside the Holy Ark of the synagogue at Ein Gedi in Israel. High-resolution scanning and UK Professor Brent Seales' revolutionary virtual unwrapping tool revealed verses from the Book of Leviticus.
Children with cancer and their parents are finding hope in a Phase I research study led by Kenneth G. Lucas, M.D., at the University of Louisville, who is making progress in developing a vaccine that one day could possibly prevent recurrence of some childhood cancers.
Without 116-pound Sarge the dog, Mryl Sizemore would have probably died of his heart attack. But Sarge needed the Gill Heart Institute's help as well in order to save Mryl's life.
A new research study from the University of Kentucky reveals some interesting findings about the economic impact of bed bugs on the hotel industry.
A study by researchers at the University of Kentucky and the Ohio State University sheds light on opportunities to modulate macrophage responses after spinal cord injury, potentially reducing – or even reversing – damage and the resulting side-effects.
One of the most promising areas of research in the fight against cancer is immunotherapy, or stimulating the body’s own immune system to destroy cancer. Jason Chesney, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the University of Louisville Department of Medicine and the deputy director of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, is conducting clinical trials using checkpoint inhibitors as well as modified herpes virus in the treatment of melanoma with impressive results.
A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests a new approach to develop highly-potent drugs which could overcome current shortcomings of low drug efficacy and multi-drug resistance in the treatment of cancer as well as viral and bacterial infections.
A research study conducted by Amanda Fallin in the University of Kentucky College of Nursing recently exposed how tobacco companies rallied around the tobacco-growing states during the anti-tobacco movement. As a result, today the five top tobacco growing states continue to lead the nation in smoking rates and lung disease.
Could a fatalistic attitude toward cervical cancer serve as a barrier to prevention of the disease? A recent study conducted by University of Kentucky researchers in the Rural Cancer Prevention Center suggests a link between fatalistic beliefs and completion of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series among a sample of young Appalachian Kentucky women.
University of Louisville working with a South Carolina company to commercialize a product called NuCoal.
Researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have completed a study that revealed differences in the way brain inflammation -- considered a key component of AD-- is expressed in different subsets of patients, in particular people with Down syndrome (DS) and AD.
A University of Kentucky marketing professor is co-author of a just-published study that suggests the thrill a person feels at seeing one particular item while shopping often carries over to unrelated items.
Douglas Dean, Ph.D., has won the RPB Stein Innovation Award, presented to scientists actively engaged in research that investigates the visual system and the diseases that compromise its function.
Artificial blood for mosquitoes is being developed by Stephen Dobson, a UK professor of medical and veterinary entomology. The approach has the potential to sterilize and eventually eliminate mosquito populations that transmit diseases like malaria.
Three faculty members holding endowed positions, an associate professor and an instructor from the University of Louisville will share their expertise this summer at the annual meeting of one of the nation’s premiere organizations of brain and spinal cord injury specialists and researchers.
CGRP monoclonal antibodies appear to significantly reduce the frequency of migraine in human clinical trials, potentially changing the landscape for migraine treatment. Headache specialist Sid Kapoor, MD, discusses the enormous potential -- and pitfalls-- facing the drug class' road to FDA approval.
The Academic Physician Precision Challenge is a fun, interactive game to raise awareness of academic medicine. Users test their knowledge of anatomy by placing 11 organs in the correct spot. Correct answers unlock medical advancement or discovery factoids and all players are ranked from surgeon to high school biology student at the end of the game..
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