Research News

New MRI Technique Can Detect Early Dysfunction of Blood-Brain Barrier Associated with Small Vessel Disease

May 5, 2021, 8:00 AM

Cerebral small vessel disease is the most common cause of vascular cognitive impairment, with a significant proportion of cases developing dementia.

Brent Seales Awarded Prestigious Mellon Grant, Poised to Solve 2,000-Year-Old Mystery

May 21, 2019, 10:26 AM

Thanks, in large part, to a $2 million Mellon Grant, Brent Seales finally has the access, funding and approach needed to read the Herculaneum scrolls.

'Behind the Blue': UK’s Brent Seales Digitally 'Unwraps' Ancient Texts, Other Treasures

May 14, 2019, 8:21 AM

Thanks to work spearheaded by University of Kentucky College of Engineering faculty member W. Brent Seales, UK is poised to become the world-class leader in digitally "unwrapping" and restoring one-of-a-kind cultural artifacts, such as ancient manuscripts.

Brent Seales Awarded NEH Grant to Rescue the Hidden Texts of Herculaneum

Mar 5, 2019, 9:05 AM

Brent Seales, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science, is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant for his groundbreaking project, "Reading the Invisible Library: Rescuing the Hidden Texts of Herculaneum."

UK's Brent Seales Makes the Invisible Visible; Helps Nashville Family Solve 40-Year-Old Mystery

Aug 16, 2018, 8:34 AM

Barry Allen, of Nashville, Tennessee, describes his family as tight-knit. Together, he and his twin brother, Scott Allen, and their sister, Roberta Callahan, keep the memory of their late mother and father alive but since their passing, a mystery of sorts has confounded the siblings. Who knew a professor at UK held the key to unlocking that mystery?

Predicting How Healthy Your Heart Will be Years Down the Road

Oct 17, 2017, 9:18 AM

Testing and targeting treatment on a patient's virtual heart could lead to longer and healthier lives, especially for the 5.7 million adults with heart failure. Two UK researchers are working to make this a reality.

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Sanders-Brown Awarded Grant to Study Alzheimer's Prevention Drug

Oct 6, 2017, 9:02 AM

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.