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Graduating Senior Uses UK Research Experience to Eradicate Malaria

May 3, 2018, 8:38 AM

Following in his father’s footsteps, Esias Bedingar came to UK in 2014 from Chad, not knowing any English at all. Since then, he has founded a nonprofit to help eradicate malaria in his home country, conducts research in neurodegenerative diseases, and will graduate with a degree in public health before attending Harvard University this fall.

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Head Injuries and the Path from Pilot Study to Major Grant

Apr 18, 2018, 8:59 AM

A team of UK researchers have homed in on a protein, called RIT1, that may act as a master switch in the brain. A new five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help them explore RIT1 as a possible target for treatments to counteract brain injury.

Chad Risko Creates New Materials Using Computational Chemistry

Apr 11, 2018, 9:33 AM

UK computational chemist Chad Risko starts at the atomic level to design new materials for lithium ion batteries and electrical grid storage.

UK CAER Outreach Nets Big Savings for Kentucky Communities

Apr 6, 2018, 9:31 AM

Greg Copley, UK CAER, serves as an outreach and technical coordinator for the Local Government Energy Retrofit Program, working with local and county government officials to implement performance savings conservation measures at public facilities across the Commonwealth.

UK Student Project has Potential to Make International Impact

Apr 6, 2018, 9:27 AM

It turns out that work done by students in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment could have a big impact on people living in sub-Saharan Africa.

Over 100 Inventors Honored at UK’s Patent Palooza

Apr 5, 2018, 8:51 AM

Last week, the UK Office of Technology Commercialization held its second annual Patent Palooza, an event that celebrates the university's inventors and commercialization deals of the previous fiscal year.

Third Neurogastronomy Symposium Explores What We Eat and Why

Mar 22, 2018, 9:05 AM

The third annual International Society of Neurogastronomy Symposium brought together experts from the worlds of food and neuroscience to explore what we eat and why.

Attend the Second Annual Patent Palooza

Mar 13, 2018, 11:21 AM

For the second year, the University of Kentucky Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) will host Patent Palooza, an event that celebrates the university's inventors and commercialization deals for the previous fiscal year.

Study: Two Drugs Prevent Heart Failure in Breast Cancer Patients

Mar 12, 2018, 11:13 AM

Dr. Maya Guglin presented data that shows adding beta blockers or ACE inhibitors to a chemotherapy regimen for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer significantly reduces cardiotoxicity.

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Training Kentucky's Next Generation of Cancer Fighters

Mar 5, 2018, 10:28 AM

CTOP is educating and empowering UK undergrads, from Kentucky’s Appalachian counties, through hands-on cancer research, clinical observation and shadowing, classroom and workshop learning, and community outreach in the participants’ own towns and neighborhoods.

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