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'Behind the Blue': University of Kentucky Researcher Leads $3 Million Addiction Treatment Study

Jan 24, 2020, 8:31 AM

UK recently received $3 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on General Medical Sciences to fund new opioid-related research in the criminal justice system.

UK Launches $15 Million KeY Treat Study in Perry County

Jan 24, 2020, 8:23 AM

UK officials provided updates on the Kentucky Viral Hepatitis Treatment Project (KeY Treat), a three-year, $15 million study co-funded by NCI and NIDA with the ultimate goal of eradicating the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Perry County, KY.

Project Aims to Eradicate Hepatitis C in Perry County

May 16, 2019, 8:39 AM

Jennifer Havens has spent the past decade studying the transmission of infectious disease and advocating for the expansion of harm reduction programs. That work entails understanding the link between two health burdens facing the nation, the opioid crisis and cancer.

Identifying Therapeutic Targets in Sepsis

May 9, 2019, 8:42 AM

Two collaborating laboratories at the University of Kentucky were able to establish the events within white blood cells that progresses from inflammasome activation to a type of programmed cell death called pyroptosis -- and culminates in the damaging blood clots.

UK, Kentucky Department for Public Health Collaboration Aims to Eliminate New HIV Infections in the Commonwealth

Mar 21, 2019, 9:22 AM

A collaborative program aimed at preventing new HIV infections in Kentucky, as well as expanding education and care for persons living with HIV, is being launched in Northern Kentucky and throughout the Commonwealth.

Program Offers Hepatitis C Screening for Patients in UK Emergency Department

Mar 7, 2019, 9:51 AM

While it isn’t typically the role of emergency medicine clinicians to identify chronic diseases, Dr. J. Daniel Moore, assistant professor of emergency medicine in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, knew it had to become their job.

Research Identifies Pathway Connecting Some HIV Drugs With Liver Disease

Feb 1, 2019, 8:58 AM

A team led by Changcheng Zhou in the UK Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences has discovered a likely pathway by which antiretroviral drugs effect liver disease.

UK Math Professor Developing Framework to Understand Drug-resistant Diseases

Feb 1, 2019, 8:56 AM

Olivia Prosper, an assistant professor of mathematics in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, is lead principal investigator on a project that may help reduce the threat of drug-resistant pathogens to global health.

First Test Plot of Malaria-fighting Plant a Success at UK Farm

Sep 18, 2018, 8:22 AM

Research on a plant which could be a big weapon in battling malaria is underway at UK.

Graduating Senior Uses UK Research Experience to Eradicate Malaria

May 3, 2018, 8:38 AM

Following in his father’s footsteps, Esias Bedingar came to UK in 2014 from Chad, not knowing any English at all. Since then, he has founded a nonprofit to help eradicate malaria in his home country, conducts research in neurodegenerative diseases, and will graduate with a degree in public health before attending Harvard University this fall.

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