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UK Students, Faculty Approach Summer Research Fellowships in Creative Ways to Continue Studies

Jul 24, 2020, 8:48 AM

Any full-time UK undergraduate student of any major who has completed at least one semester of research with a faculty mentor is eligible to apply for a Summer Research Fellowship.

UK Virologist Shares What We Know About COVID-19

Jul 22, 2020, 8:14 AM

Dutch is leading the College of Medicine’s COVID-19 Unified Research Experts (CURE) Alliance team, which brings together faculty expertise from multiple disciplines across the university to focus on advising COVID-19 patient care and clinical trials based on emerging research.

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UK Joins National Data Collaborative for COVID-19 Research

Jul 8, 2020, 8:20 AM

CCTS is partnering with NCATS, the National Center for Data to Health, and around 60 other clinical institutions affiliated with the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program to leverage big data in the fight against COVID-19.

Artemisia Annua Could Be Promising Treatment for COVID-19

Jun 25, 2020, 8:07 AM

The new potential treatment has been added to the University of Kentucky’s innovative clinical trial for experimental COVID-19 therapies, which was launched by leaders from UK’s Markey Cancer Center, College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy in May.

UK's Korotkov Partners With Atomwise to Screen for Potential Drugs Against Novel COVID-19 Target

Jun 22, 2020, 9:04 AM

UK announced a research collaboration with Atomwise, an industry leader in using artificial intelligence (AI) for small molecule discovery, to explore potential COVID-19 therapies.

Alpacas Could be the Secret Weapon Against COVID-19

Jun 18, 2020, 8:20 AM

UK College of Medicine researchers are using the special antibodies made by alpacas, called nanobodies, to help understand the novel coronavirus and potentially develop a treatment that could protect people from being infected.

UK College of Medicine, UK HealthCare Launch New START Trial to Assess COVID-19 Prevalence

Jun 17, 2020, 8:13 AM

Known as Serologic Testing to Accelerate Recovery and Transition (START), the study focuses on antibody testing to begin understanding how many people in the region may have already contracted and recovered from COVID-19.

CURE Alliance Uniting COVID-19 Research Across UK

Jun 12, 2020, 8:29 AM

UK researchers across many disciplines are addressing COVID-19’s medical challenges and beyond — including developing new PPE materials, designing testing and diagnostic equipment, and examining the wider societal, economic and legal implications of the pandemic.

UK Leads National Team Studying Pandemic’s Effect on Local Food Systems

Jun 11, 2020, 8:17 AM

The study seeks to answer how sectors of local and regional food systems are responding to COVID-19, what successful adaptations have been implemented, what obstacles the various arms of local food systems have encountered and the economic and value-chain impacts.

Clinical Trial Looks at Antiseptic Nasal Spray and Gargle to Prevent COVID-19 Infections

Jun 10, 2020, 10:34 AM

Researchers at UK are exploring the use of an antiseptic nasal spray and gargle to prevent transmission and infection of the virus among healthcare workers and non-COVID patients.

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