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Researcher Studies Cancer in Africa to Understand it at Home

Oct 19, 2018, 8:48 AM

By understanding the metabolic and epigenetic risk factors for breast cancer in Nigeria, researchers like Tomi Akinyemiju can better understand why African-American women in the United States are more likely to develop this disease and can begin to develop ways to prevent the disease and develop more effective treatment.

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Blood, BBQ and Ancestry.com: How One UK Neurologist Tracks Familial ALS

Aug 16, 2018, 8:21 AM

A UK neurologist who stumbled across a family with a gene mutation that can cause Lou Gehrig's Disease is merging science, medicine and family in a quest for a cure.

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Boldly Going Where No Plant Has Gone Before

Jun 27, 2018, 2:34 PM

Joe Chappell in the College of Pharmacy is partnering with Space Tango to test whether sending plants to space increases their ability to produce healing properties.

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UK Biology Professor to Deliver NIH’s NIGMS Early Career Investigator Lecture

Apr 11, 2018, 9:29 AM

Jeramiah Smith, an associate professor of biology in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss his research on the genome of sea lampreys to a broad audience, including undergraduates interested in biomedical research. It can be watched live 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 17.

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UK Study Shows Cell Signaling Interaction May Prevent Key Step in Lung Cancer Progression

Nov 9, 2017, 9:02 AM

New findings from University of Kentucky faculty published in Scientific Reports reveals a novel cell signaling interaction that may prevent a key step in lung cancer progression.

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UK Senior Selected for MD/PhD Fellowship at Dartmouth

Aug 24, 2017, 8:53 AM

Angela Wei, an agricultural and medical biotechnology and mathematics senior from Lexington, was one of only five students across the country selected to participate in the 2017 Dartmouth MD/PhD Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program.

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Yinan Wei Receives National Science Foundation Award

Aug 18, 2017, 8:35 AM

Yinan Wei, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky, has received an award to study membrane protein oligomerizations in bilayers. The project also integrates an outreach program for girls aged 12-18 at the Hope Hill Youth Service, introducing science and science careers.

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Matthew Gentry: Biofuels, Epilepsy and Science Advocacy

Jul 27, 2017, 9:17 AM

Gentry's research on a plant protein that stores sugars like the human protein implicated in Lafora disease, led him to an international partnership to find a cure.

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"You Have to Follow the Science Where it Takes You"

Jul 17, 2017, 8:42 AM

The similarities between a plant and human protein may be the key to curing Lafora disease.

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UK Research Spinoff Company MosquitoMate Expands Lexington Operations

Jun 14, 2017, 3:50 PM

MosquitoMate, a UK research spinoff, is expanding operations to meet demands of mosquito-borne disease and pest control.

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