Due to its political and geographic isolation, not many outsiders have visited Burma. However, a UK researcher found warmth, beauty and a mystery he is determined to solve.
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Researcher Jessica Blackburn has earned a prestigious National Institutes of Health's New Innovator Award, a grant totaling $1.5 million over five years to fund pediatric cancer research.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five year, $2.88 million grant to a researcher at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging to study a drug's potential to prevent Alzheimer's disease.
The $1.5 million Department of Energy grant will fund the Center for Applied Energy Research's project to collect samples from four regions across Appalachia to determine the concentration of rare earth elements in those coalfields.
Many cancer survivors experience devastating cognitive impairment following chemotherapy. Researchers at UK are trying to identify strategies to relieve these symptoms.