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UK researchers use gene ‘switch’ to reverse Alzheimer’s risk

UK researchers have developed a new experimental model that could point the way toward more effective Alzheimer’s disease treatments by targeting one of the brain’s most important genes for risk and resilience.

Lockheed Martin, Turner Construction named OneUK partners

Lockheed Martin and Turner Construction Co. are the newest partners in UKs strategic collaboration program OneUK.

Kentucky’s screening improvement drives drop in late-stage lung cancer

Improvements in lung cancer detection and mortality are driving declines in Kentucky’s overall cancer mortality rates.

UK launches campus-wide artificial intelligence initiative

CATS (Commonwealth AI Transdisciplinary Strategy) AI will serve as a central hub to integrate AI activities across UK’s 17 colleges, libraries, research centers and institutes, as well as its academic and health care enterprises.

Kentucky dream takes flight: UK joins NASA on Arctic space mission

A team of students and faculty from UK's Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering will make history in Norway, launching a UK-developed payload as part of NASA’s GHOST spaceflight mission.

‘Birds are the great unifier’: UK study on avian migration and survival takes flight

At the UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, researchers and students are identifying factors that drive variation in survival rates among different avian populations.

Interactive plan aims to protect limestone water in horse and bourbon country

An interactive watershed plan uses virtual stream walks and an interactive dashboard to enhance public understanding and engagement with the information.

Preserving Kentucky’s deer: UK, Kentucky Fish & Wildlife study Chronic Wasting Disease

A team from the UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources is catching and monitoring deer in order to help understand movement patterns and predict the potential spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.

Using drones to protect Kentucky corn: UK researchers lead precision agriculture study

The UK Research and Education Center aims to optimize drone-based spray systems to improve access to effective management of foliar diseases in Kentucky cornfields.

UK neurologist aims to stop a preventable cause of blindness

Jay Avasarala’s latest study reveals a critical blind spot in how emergency departments across the globe diagnose a condition known as giant cell arteritis (GCA), which is blood vessel inflammation that can suddenly block blood flow to the eye, causing blindness.

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