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UK Launches $15 Million KeY Treat Study in Perry County
Today, University of Kentucky officials provided updates on the recently launched Kentucky Viral Hepatitis Treatment Project (KeY Treat), a three-year, $15 million study co-funded by the National Cancer...
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Family and Community Medicine Team Receives National Award
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine’s Primary Care Training Enhancement (PCTE) grant team was recently selected to receive the Outstanding Educational...
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Marks Selected as UK's First Bell Addiction Medicine Scholar
Dr. Sarah Tully Marks, assistant professor and the associate residency program director in the University of Kentucky Department of Community and Family Medicine, has been selected as UK’s first Bell Addiction...
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Posted - Jan 21Read More
UK Researcher Makes 'Top Science Stories of 2019' List by Discover Magazine
An international group of experts led by Dr. Peter Nelson, a neuropathologist at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is being recognized as one of the top science stories of 2019 by...
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Posted - Jan 16Read More
Antibiotics Could Be Promising Treatment for Form of Dementia
Researchers at the University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine have found that a class of antibiotics called aminoglycosides could be a promising treatment for frontotemporal dementia.Results of their proof...
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Posted - Jan 10Read More
Gut Microbes May Improve Stroke Recovery
New research shows that the microorganisms in our gut could help protect brain cells from damage caused by inflammation after a stroke.The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience by researchers from...
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Posted - Jan 8Read More
Center for Health Equity Transformation Seeks to Improve Health of All Kentuckians
People in Kentucky experience some of the highest rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease, substance use, diabetes and obesity in the nation. These health disparities are the focus of work inside the Healthy...
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Posted - Jan 2Read More
UK Honors Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Researchers
More than 70,000 Kentuckians are living with Alzheimer's disease, which likely means that you know someone whose life has been touched — directly or indirectly — by dementia. And since that number is expected...
Tags - UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Alzheimer's disease
Posted - Jan 2Read More
College of Medicine grad triumphs through tragedy to inspire next generation
As the oldest girl of nine children, Jazmyne Barney always knew she served an important role in her family. She was the “mom of the sibling group,” as she calls it, and because of this, she felt she had the...
Tags - Toxicology and Cancer Biology, Graduate Medical Education, Commencement ceremony
Posted - Dec 20Read More
Watch Live as UK Celebrates December Graduates
Today, the University of Kentucky will honor its Fall 2019 graduates at the December 2019 Commencement Ceremonies. The two ceremonies will begin 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. EST today in Rupp Arena. Both ceremonies...
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Posted - Dec 20Read More
Bondada Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subbarao Bondada, professor of microbiology in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and Markey Cancer Center, has been named a...
Tags - Research, Immunology, Microbiology
Posted - Dec 16Read More
UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health Program Offers Free Community Health Worker Tuition and Training for Students
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) and the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CEHR) announced a grant to support the first-ever Students Striving Toward Better Health in Self and Community...
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Posted - Dec 10Read More
College of Medicine professor appointed to Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education's Faculty Advisory Network
Luke H. Bradley, PhD, Chellgren Endowed Professor in the department of neuroscience, was recently selected by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education as a member of its newly-established Faculty...
Tags - Neuroscience, Research, Biochemistry
Posted - Dec 3Read More
'Behind the Blue': UK Researcher Jennifer Havens Works to Develop Treatment for Hepatitis C
The University of Kentucky is tackling many of Kentucky’s toughest health issues through research aimed at making documented, measured progress.Among the many ongoing examples of UK’s faculty researchers...
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Posted - Nov 22Read More
UK Biospecimen Resources Can Support UK Research
At the University of Kentucky, multiple innovative biospecimen resources are available to assist research. A video produced by the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) highlights the...
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Posted - Nov 21Read More
UK Study Examines Appalachian Kentucky’s Breast Cancer Care Disparities
It is estimated that nearly 40 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer will require a mastectomy. For those patients, breast reconstruction surgery is a valuable part of comprehensive breast cancer care...
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Posted - Nov 20Read More
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