Molecular Biology & Genetics
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  • Apr 28 2023

Research at the University of Kentucky is looking to nature to better understand cellular processes that permit lost tissue to regenerate in spiny mice — processes that might lie dormant in humans.

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  • Jul 1 2022

Findings from a new University of Kentucky College of Medicine study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry may lead to a new treatment against Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis.

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  • Jun 29 2022

A recent publication from UK researchers explains the importance of identifying and understanding how differences between tissues and cells alter gene expression without changing underlying genetic code.

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  • May 13 2022

Nearly three decades after first discovering the tumor-suppressing Par-4 “super gene” that has been shown to kill cancer cells, a team of researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is now learning about its role in preventing obesity.

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  • Mar 2 2022

A researcher with the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is part of a team working to identify genetic variants more accurately in genomic regions known to be involved in disease.

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  • Feb 22 2022

Through reconstructing an evolutionary history a UK-led team, in collaboration with researchers from Mexico, have discovered that genetic differences between axolotls and other salamanders in their region of Mexico were almost indistinguishable.

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  • Dec 9 2021

Research published in Nature Regenerative Medicine shows a unique ability of this mammalian species to grow new blood vessels and reduce cardiac tissue damage after a heart attack.

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  • Oct 8 2021

A recently released paper from the Department of Physiology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) suggests that genetics can influence response to Alzheimer’s disease pathology.

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  • Oct 5 2021

University of Kentucky College of Medicine researchers were part of a recently published study giving insight into how limb development evolved in vertebrates.

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  • Aug 6 2021

University of Kentucky alumnus Mosoka Fallah, Ph.D., is on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia.