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Over 100 Inventors Honored at UK’s Patent Palooza

Apr 5, 2018, 8:51 AM

Last week, the UK Office of Technology Commercialization held its second annual Patent Palooza, an event that celebrates the university's inventors and commercialization deals of the previous fiscal year.

Third Neurogastronomy Symposium Explores What We Eat and Why

Mar 22, 2018, 9:05 AM

The third annual International Society of Neurogastronomy Symposium brought together experts from the worlds of food and neuroscience to explore what we eat and why.

Attend the Second Annual Patent Palooza

Mar 13, 2018, 11:21 AM

For the second year, the University of Kentucky Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) will host Patent Palooza, an event that celebrates the university's inventors and commercialization deals for the previous fiscal year.

Study: Two Drugs Prevent Heart Failure in Breast Cancer Patients

Mar 12, 2018, 11:13 AM

Dr. Maya Guglin presented data that shows adding beta blockers or ACE inhibitors to a chemotherapy regimen for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer significantly reduces cardiotoxicity.

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Training Kentucky's Next Generation of Cancer Fighters

Mar 5, 2018, 10:28 AM

CTOP is educating and empowering UK undergrads, from Kentucky’s Appalachian counties, through hands-on cancer research, clinical observation and shadowing, classroom and workshop learning, and community outreach in the participants’ own towns and neighborhoods.

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Sally Ellingson Uses Big Data & Machine Learning to Improve Drug Development

Feb 26, 2018, 8:52 AM

With the Markey Cancer Center, Ellingson uses molecular docking as a filtering process to efficiently and safely screen potential drugs before real-world experiments begin.

'Healthy Hearts for Women' Spotlights Cardiovascular Research

Feb 14, 2018, 9:02 AM

For the past four years, two junior faculty at UK have organized a symposium where outstanding scientists from UK and beyond present new scientific advances in women's heart health and explore translational cardiovascular research areas that merit further study.

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William Stoops Explores the Psychology of Drug Addiction

Jan 29, 2018, 9:02 AM

In a new $2.9 million NIDA-funded project, William Stoops will compare the health effects of reduced cocaine use with abstinence.

Mice with Frequent Flyer Miles Advance the Alzheimer's Cause

Jan 4, 2018, 8:27 AM

Scientists from four different institutions are working together to identify a biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease using mice that travel an 850-mile circuit to test the efficacy of special technology called Quest MRI.

UK Neurosurgery Group Performs Chinese Hospital's First Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery

Dec 18, 2017, 8:36 AM

Last summer, a group from the UK Brain Restoration center, led by Dr. Craig van Horne, capped off a series of conferences held at a number of renowned Chinese university hospitals by performing the first-ever deep brain stimulation surgery for a Parkinson’s disease patient at The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Henan, China.

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