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UK Receives $3.2 Million for Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Jul 21, 2020, 1:05 PM

The National Institutes of Health award will fund ongoing research led by UK Neuroscience and Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC) Professor Patrick Sullivan, Ph.D., who has studied the effects of the experimental drug MP201 on TBI.

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

Jul 17, 2020, 8:21 AM

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

Jul 8, 2020, 8:26 AM

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

Jun 29, 2020, 8:24 AM

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.

UK Receives Prestigious Grant from National Institute of Neurological Disorders

May 26, 2020, 10:30 AM

The work at UK in Gentry’s lab supported by this award will focus on novel insights in energy metabolism using cutting edge methodologies applied to multiple human diseases.

Sanders-Brown Director Leads First Human Study of Drug Targeting Brain Inflammation

Apr 9, 2020, 8:06 AM

Linda J. Van Eldik, director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at UK, co-authored a paper reporting the first human clinical study of a drug candidate that suppresses injury and disease-induced inflammation of the brain.

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

Apr 2, 2020, 8:53 AM

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.

Kitzman Receives National Award for Outstanding Advocacy in Neurologic Therapy

Mar 31, 2020, 8:08 AM

“I can’t advocate for someone unless I’m working with them. It’s presumptuous to say, ‘I know what you need,’” Kitzman said. “The moment we at KARRN start working with someone, we agree to be their advocate and do whatever it takes to find resources for them.”

UK Research Could Help Predict Progression of Parkinson's Disease

Mar 17, 2020, 7:56 AM

A pilot grant from UK’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) will advance neuroscience researcher George Quintero’s studies on Parkinson’s disease to a clinical investigation.

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

Jan 16, 2020, 8:03 AM

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.

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