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Important Dementia Studies Continuing at UK Despite Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic

Researchers will be looking at a medication that recently received experimental approval from the USDA and its impact on the newly characterized form of dementia known as LATE. LATE is a disease with symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers Publish Study Looking at Approaches to Better Treat Alzheimer's Disease

For the past several decades, much of the work to find a treatment for AD has been focused on eliminating those dreaded Aβ plaques, by assuming that memory could be restored by removing the plaques.

UK Projects Receive NIH KYNETIC Product Development Awards

KYNETIC, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is excited to announce that five of the seven projects recently awarded $50,000 to bring their innovations toward product development are from the University of Kentucky.

UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Facilitates First Participant in Worldwide Drug Study

This work is looking at a study medication, BAN2401, to determine if it can help prevent worsening memory and thinking among individuals who might be at risk for future decline. They are hoping it will ultimately help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

Sanders-Brown Researcher Receives Grant Supported by Rotary Clubs to Further Dementia Studies

The $125,000 grant comes from The CART Fund. CART (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust) is a grassroots effort by Rotary Club members throughout the country to provide cutting edge research to help find a cure for Alzheimer’s.

It’s Not Just Alzheimer’s Disease: Sanders-Brown Research Highlights Form of Severe Dementia

The long-running study on aging and brain health at UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) Alzheimer’s Disease Center has once again resulted in important new findings – highlighting a complex and under-recognized form of dementia.

Free Radical Discovery a Hallmark of Allan Butterfield’s 45-Year Research Career

When you look back at a 45-year career, there are a multitude of moments that stand out. For Allan Butterfield, Professor of Biological Chemistry in the UK College of Arts & Sciences, his signature discovery grew from just such a Eureka moment on the sidewalk on campus. 

UK Researcher Makes 'Top Science Stories of 2019' List by Discover Magazine

An international group of experts led by Dr. Peter Nelson, a neuropathologist at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is being recognized as one of the top science stories of 2019 by Discover Magazine.

Chemistry Researcher Develops Innovative Testing, Potential Remedies for Head Trauma, Alzheimer's

"I really just developed a love for the campus." Mark Lovell credits a history of collaboration at UK for driving his research for the past 30 years.

UK Honors Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Researchers

At UK's men's basketball game versus the University of Louisville on Dec. 28, UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Linda Van Eldik and researchers Pete Nelson, Donna Wilcock and Steve Scheff were recognized on the Rupp Arena floor.

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