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“The virus is about 120 nanometers in size — in the world of membranes, that's large. Even more so, it's not going to come as a virus by itself, flying in the air. It's going to come in the saliva, so it's going to be a much larger particle. A large particle is just not going through (this filter).”

"The country is running out of personal protection equipment, which is important to prevent not just my friends from getting sick, but my wife, too. She works as a physician," Winkler said. "We must protect those who are risking their lives to protect others from this disease."

“I am continually impressed and grateful every day for the effort and dedication of the staff of UK Healthcare’s clinical laboratories. They are in the lab working to improve the lives of patients 24/7 throughout the year.

The James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits is making sanitizer and creating an instructional video for distillers who want to do the same. The multidisciplinary Beam Institute is naturally suited for projects of this nature, with experts in biotechnology, chemistry and engineering.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) every two minutes a child dies of malaria and each year, more than 200 million new cases of the disease are reported. For the last 15 years, Kip Guy, dean of UK’s College of Pharmacy, has worked with a team of researchers to develop an anti-malarial drug.

To fight the negative health effects of environmental toxins, reach for more fruits and vegetables – that’s the message UK-SRC’s Community Engagement Core is sharing with the local community.

In this edition of People Behind Our Research, UK's Ann Stowe explains her work to understand how inflammation after stroke can be shaped to support rewiring in the brain and recovery of function that might be lost with injury.

UK research shows a high-fiber diet may reverse the adverse effects environmental toxins have on cardiovascular health.

A new statewide consortium, headquartered at UK, will pursue climate research, teaching and outreach.

The HEALing Communities Initiative grant from the National Institutes of Health totals $87 million, the largest in its history, and is focused over the next three years on reducing opioid-related deaths by 40 percent in 16 counties in KY.