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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.

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.

UK, SCC Team Up to Confront COVID-19 With Antiviral Membrane, 3D-printed Face Masks

Jun 9, 2020, 8:16 AM

“The virus is about 120 nanometers in size — in the world of membranes, that's large. Even more so, it's not going to come as a virus by itself, flying in the air. It's going to come in the saliva, so it's going to be a much larger particle. A large particle is just not going through (this filter).”

UK Research Team Has Work Highlighted in AAAS' Science Journal

May 13, 2020, 8:23 AM

A group of UK professors and scientists efforts to identify possible direct therapeutic approaches to treat COVID-19 was published in the Perspectives section of the most recent issue of Science, a journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

UK Researchers Will Lead Study of COVID-19 Immunity

May 11, 2020, 8:17 AM

UK researchers have launched antibody testing that will help to understand what immunity to COVID-19 really means. The research is part of UK’s CURE Alliance team, which is uniting UK researchers across disciplines in the fight against the novel coronavirus.

UK Launches Clinical Trial to Evaluate Novel Treatments for COVID-19

May 7, 2020, 8:21 AM

“We are pleased to be able to offer this clinical trial to patients with COVID-19 in Kentucky. While there is no standard treatment for COVID-19, this trial gives us the ability to test multiple therapies rapidly in order to identify the most promising agents.”

Is Social Distancing Working? New Study Suggests Thousands of Kentuckians Spared

Apr 30, 2020, 8:04 AM

According to the report, confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Commonwealth would have reached a staggering 45,000 by April 25 without any state-imposed measures. For comparison, the current total of confirmed COVID-19 cases is fewer than 4,000.

Pilot Funding Available for COVID-19 Research in Health, Materials and Methods and Social Sciences

Apr 28, 2020, 8:28 AM

The UK CURE Alliance, in collaboration with the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science, has issued RFAs for COVID-19 funding in three categories: health, materials and methods and social sciences. Full-time UK faculty in all title series are eligible to apply.

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