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UK Study Leads to Better Understanding of Blood Pressure Regulation, Atherosclerosis

Sep 2, 2020, 8:47 AM

A new University of Kentucky College of Medicine study provides insight into how a protein called angiotensinogen (AGT) contributes to blood pressure regulation and atherosclerosis.

New Open Access Journal Charts Progress in Scale Modeling

Sep 2, 2020, 8:36 AM

By means of open access, Progress in Scale Modeling stands out as a barrier-free venue to disseminate peer-reviewed research for the benefit of society, scholarship and humanity.

UK Part of New NSF Physics Frontier Center Focused on Neutron Star Modeling in 'Gravitational Wave Era'

Sep 1, 2020, 8:54 AM

“We operate as a single team, combining our expertise in order to tackle the complex multi-physics problems that arise in astrophysics — problems that are beyond the capacity of a single investigator.”

UK Researchers Awarded $1.1 Million Grant to Develop Metabolomics Data Analysis Tools

Aug 26, 2020, 8:11 AM

The challenge, Moseley says, is in analyzing this complex data to derive new biological knowledge and in making this data and knowledge available in a highly reusable format in public scientific repositories.

Sanders-Brown Study Leads to Potential New Treatment Approach for Alzheimer’s Disease

Aug 25, 2020, 8:18 AM

Through the group's work, they found that the therapeutic targeting of TREM2 using a TREM2-activating antibody leads to the activation of microglia, recruitment of microglia to amyloid plaques, reduced amyloid deposition, and ultimately improved cognition.

UK’s Sanders-Brown, Penn Researchers Provide Insights into Newly Characterized Form of Dementia

Aug 25, 2020, 8:12 AM

“We used to think that aging-related memory and thinking decline meant one thing: a disease called Alzheimer’s disease. Now we know that the disease we were calling Alzheimer’s disease is actually many different conditions, often in combination."

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For A Veteran Telemedicine Doctor, Pandemic Confirms Need to Improve Systems of Care

Aug 20, 2020, 8:41 AM

"When I came to the U.S. and was confronted with the health care system here, I wasn’t comfortable practicing medicine without doing something to serve people who don’t have proper access to care because they’re uninsured or far from services."

UK Researchers Highlight Issues with Buprenorphine Dispensing in New England Journal of Medicine

Aug 20, 2020, 8:34 AM

The team suggests a number of changes to help rebuild trust and reduce stigma for opioid use disorder in rural communities; they also suggest that wholesalers change algorithms to track buprenorphine separately from other opioids.

CAER, ORNL Research Partnership to Turn Coal Into High-value Carbon Fiber

Aug 20, 2020, 8:22 AM

Coal-to-carbon fiber research shows great promise to positively impact the nation’s sluggish coal industry. In 2019, U.S. coal production, consumption and employment reached their lowest levels in 40 years.

Registration, Calls for Poster Abstracts Now Open for Annual CERH Appalachian Research Day

Aug 19, 2020, 8:56 AM

ARD is an annual event hosted by the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CEHR) to share results of health research conducted with communities in Appalachia.

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