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Markey study identifies new target for obesity-related breast cancer

Jul 29, 2025, 7:12 AM

UK Markey Cancer Center researchers have identified a protein that could be a promising treatment target for obesity-related breast cancer.

Markey researchers identify genetic marker that could guide brain cancer treatment

Jul 25, 2025, 7:01 AM

Markey Cancer Center researchers have discovered a genetic biomarker that could help identify patients with glioblastoma most likely to benefit from the cancer drug bevacizumab.

Carla Blanton, Pete Nelson, Linda Van Eldik, Ilhem Messaoudi and Chipper Griffith cut the ribbon on the renovated Sanders-Brown research facility.

UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging celebrates reopening of renovated research facilities

Jul 23, 2025, 8:44 AM

A $28 million renovation project modernized three floors of research space within the building that houses the Sanders-Brown Center of Aging.

UK engineering researcher leads NSF‑funded initiative to model heart fibrosis with machine learning

Jul 22, 2025, 7:27 AM

Researchers at UK are teaming up with researchers at Michigan State University to develop cutting-edge simulations of heart disease progression.

M. Paul Murphy: 2025-26 University Research Professor Q&A

Jul 22, 2025, 6:54 AM

M. Paul Murphy, professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry in the UK College of Medicine, has been honored as a 2025-26 University Research Professor.

Kenneth S. Campbell: 2025-26 University Research Professor Q&A

Jul 17, 2025, 6:56 AM

Kenneth S. Campbell, professor of cardiovascular medicine and physiology in the UK College of Medicine, has been honored as a 2025-26 University Research Professor.

Markey researcher showcases immunology-driven radiation therapy at major international conference

Jul 11, 2025, 7:16 AM

Weisi Yan presented his work on immunology-driven radiation oncology at the International Conference on Advances in Radiation Oncology in Vienna, Austria.

Mark Evers outside a lab at the Healthy Kentucky Research Building

Mark Evers, MD, FACS
Associate Vice President for Research for Oncology Research and Strategic Development

Email: mark.evers@uky.edu

UK scientists and scholars among top 2% of most-cited researchers in the world

Jun 26, 2025, 7:44 AM

136 current UK scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines.

From left: Thomas Yuan, Grace Sun, Ari Horikawa-Strakovsky and Clara Fuller.

UK-mentored MSTC students shine at international science fair

Jun 24, 2025, 7:26 AM

Students from the Math, Science, and Technology Center (MSTC) program at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington have earned top honors at the International Science and Engineering Fair.

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