Octavio A. Gonzalez, D.D.S., Ph.D., a professor in the Center for Oral Health Research and Division of Periodontology in the UK College of Dentistry with a secondary appointment in the College of Medicine, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.
Sarah Tishkoff, the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor in Genetics and Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the annual Thomas Hunt Morgan Lectures at the University of Kentucky this week.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
