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Study Links Smoking During Pregnancy With Increase in Obesity Later in Baby's Life
University of Kentucky researchers have identified a potential cellular mechanism that connects a mother's smoking while pregnant with an increased risk in the offspring's obesity later in life. Obesity is...
Tags - OB, Research
Posted - Jan 16Read More
UK Study Shows Promise Toward Prevention of Melanoma
In a study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, a team of University of Kentucky researchers led by Stuart Jarrett, Ph.D., and Dr. John D’Orazio have discovered specific protein interactions that...
Tags - Markey Cancer Center, Research
Posted - Jan 15Read More
UK Neurologist Pens Editorial About Lack of Minority Representation in MS Drug Research
In an editorial published in CNS Spectrums, Dr. Jay Avasarala takes the research community to task for its lack of minority representation in Phase III clinical trials for drugs to treat Multiple Sclerosis (MS...
Tags - Neurology
Posted - Jan 7Read More
'Behind the Blue': UK’s Don Frazier Stays Forever Young Through Science Outreach, Research
If staying engaged in something you love is the key to staying young, University of Kentucky emeritus faculty member Don Frazier certainly is on the right track.At an age when many folks are sitting back and...
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Posted - Dec 4Read More
UK Physiologist Uses Biomechanics to Understand Lung Healing
As a child, Chris Waters was always curious about how things worked. His inquiring mind led him on a path from chemical engineering to biomedical engineering to his current work on a dangerous condition called...
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Posted - Dec 4Read More
New NCI Grant Expands Markey’s Successful Oncology Training Program to High Schoolers
After successfully launching an oncology training program for Appalachian undergrads in 2016, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is expanding the program to include high school students. The ...
Tags - Markey Cancer Center
Posted - Nov 30Read More
Daret St. Clair Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from International Society
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researcher Daret St. Clair, Ph.D., has been named the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient from the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SfRBM). St. Clair...
Tags - Faculty, Research
Posted - Nov 27Read More
New NCI Grant Expands Markey’s Successful Oncology Training Program to High Schoolers
After successfully launching an oncology training program for Appalachian undergrads in 2016, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is expanding the program to include high school students. The ...
Tags - Markey Cancer Center
Posted - Nov 26Read More
UK Biochemist Recognized for Work in FUS-ALS
Researchers at the University of Kentucky have discovered new biological processes by which mutations in the FUS gene cause neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).FUS is a DNA and RNA binding...
Tags - Biochemistry, Research
Posted - Nov 21Read More
UKnow: Pediatric Plastic Surgeon Applies Global Experience to Kentucky Patients
By Hilary BrownLink to original UKnow article.For plastic surgery resident Dr. Ashley Boustany, spending a week in a hospital in Ecuador working with surgeons and dentist on cleft lips and palates was the best...
Tags - Surgery
Posted - Nov 21Read More
UK Orthopaedic Trauma Research Team Shows the World What Kentucky Can Do
The Orthopaedic Trauma Service research team in UK HealthCare’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine is comprised of a team that has made a tremendous impact despite being formed less than two...
Tags - Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine
Posted - Nov 16Read More
Gentry Receives National Award for Outstanding Mentorship
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced that University of Kentucky's Matthew Gentry has received the Landis Award for...
Tags - Biochemistry, Faculty, Faculty Mentoring
Posted - Nov 13Read More
Dr. Lisa Tannock uses expertise to help patients with hormone disorders
Dr. Tannock joined UK in 2004 and is now the chief of endocrinology in the Department of Internal Medicine as well as the associate director of the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center. Endocrinologists study and...
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Posted - Nov 12Read More
Research Identifies Potential Predictors of Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Alzheimer's
Research at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has identified two potential ways to predict vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) – the second leading cause of dementia behind...
Tags - UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Research
Posted - Nov 7Read More
Joint Pediatric Heart Care Program Celebrates 100 Surgical Cases
It's been over three years since UK HealthCare's Kentucky Children's Hospital and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center entered into an ambitious partnership to provide pediatric heart surgery services...
Tags - Pediatric
Posted - Nov 1Read More
Barnstable Brown Family Honored with the University of Kentucky All-American Award
The Barnstable Brown family is well-known for a long list of accomplishments and accolades, as well as a long-standing connection to the University of Kentucky. Twins Patricia and Priscilla are former...
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Posted - Oct 25Read More
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