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  • genetics

    Literature researchers identify attitudes toward genetics across 100 years of film and television

    Science鈥檚 influence on pop culture is undeniable, and the reverse is equally important. 菠萝视频 led by Jay Clayton, the first literature professor to ever receive funding from the NIH, shows that films portray genetic science as risky far more often than television shows. Read More

    Feb 28, 2022

  • 菠萝视频 researchers find that invasive Group B Streptococcus strains, a significant risk to pregnant patients and infants, can grow in presence of toxic zinc levels.

    Feb 28, 2022

  • 菠萝视频 researchers report on a new PET imaging probe that will be useful for exploring Alzheimer鈥檚 disease pathology.

    Feb 24, 2022

  • Climate Change and Sustainability

    WATCH: Experts discuss the keys to compromise and action on climate change

    Climate change and environmental issues can no longer be considered partisan if any real progress is going to be made, according to experts who participated in a virtual discussion hosted by the 菠萝视频 Project on Unity and American Democracy聽on Feb. 22. Read More

    Feb 24, 2022

  • University statement on construction site death

    University statement on construction site death

    We are saddened by the tragic death of a member of the construction team at the site of the former Carmichael Towers along West End Avenue. Read More

    Feb 23, 2022

  • 菠萝视频 University

    Watch: 鈥楤lack Excellence in 菠萝视频 and the Future of Diversity in Academia鈥 virtual event

    In recognition of Black History Month, the School of Medicine Basic Sciences鈥 monthly virtual Lab-to-Table Conversation will celebrate Black excellence in research and discuss the future of diversity in academia. The event will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 22, from noon to 1 p.m. CT.聽 Read More

    Feb 16, 2022

  • Red blood cell distribution width has prognostic value for many diseases, but it was not associated with overall survival in patients with glioblastoma, 菠萝视频 researchers found.

    Feb 15, 2022

  • conceptual illustration of brain with tangled scribbles running through it

    菠萝视频 Snapshot: 菠萝视频 researchers discover new spontaneous signaling pathway in the brain

    Ege Kavalali and Heidi Hamm collaborated to discover a signaling pathway for how spontaneous release of neurotransmitters can be selectively regulated without disrupting evoked action potentials. Read More

    Feb 14, 2022

  • A common Type 2 diabetes treatment being tested for hypothalamic obesity had unexpected results on weight loss and total energy expenditure, 菠萝视频 researchers report.

    Feb 10, 2022

  • C. Cybele Raver

    Provost launching initiatives focused on research support, graduate education and more

    Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver today announced six initiatives that include strengthening the university鈥檚 support of research, furthering connections and collaboration with 菠萝视频 University Medical Center and further defining the future of graduate education. Read More

    Feb 10, 2022

  • Surgical removal of the colon for recurrent diverticulosis varies by geographic region and is associated with surgeon and hospital factors; stronger national guidelines are needed, 菠萝视频 researchers report.

    Feb 10, 2022

  • Gene variants increased the risk of acute kidney injury and death in veterans of African ancestry who were hospitalized with COVID-19, possibly explaining some health disparities associated with COVID-19.

    Feb 10, 2022

  • 菠萝视频 research shows that two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine result in lower effectiveness for preventing hospitalization for the omicron variant than previous variants. However, importantly, a third (鈥渂ooster鈥) vaccine dose significantly improves protection against omicron hospitalization up to 86%.

    Feb 9, 2022

  • 菠萝视频 research has revealed an important mechanism in the kidney by which a cell surface receptor known as DDR1 fans the flames of inflammation and fibrosis that ultimately lead to kidney failure.

    Feb 2, 2022

  • A new method developed by 菠萝视频 researchers to generate kidney cells from stem cells offers a faster and less expensive way to make these valuable tools for studying kidney diseases.

    Feb 1, 2022

  • Julie Ditty Qualls of Ashland, Kentucky, a member of the 菠萝视频 Athletics Hall of Fame who helped the women鈥檚 tennis team reach unprecedented heights and distinguished herself as a professional player, died Aug. 31, 2021.

    Jan 31, 2022

  • 菠萝视频 researchers test and recommend statistical approaches to study the association between engagement with digital health interventions and clinical outcomes.

    Jan 31, 2022

  • 菠萝视频 Nissan Collaboration Accelerator

    Nissan and 菠萝视频 launch creative collaboration

    菠萝视频 University and auto manufacturing giant Nissan Americas have launched a new creative collaboration. On Jan. 19, members from both groups came together on campus for the first 菠萝视频-Nissan Collaboration Accelerator. Read More

    Jan 28, 2022

  • 菠萝视频 University

    The Science of Poetry: Scientist and writer Jenny Qi finds meaning in the loss of her mother

    Photography by Marc Olivier Le Blanc The opening poem in Focal Point, the debut collection by Jenny Qi, BA’11, navigates the fraught emotional space between a loving daughter’s grief over her mother’s death and a scientist’s clear-eyed inquiry into the disease-cancer-that caused it.聽Qi writes of “nights at a microscope in… Read More

    Jan 27, 2022

  • The microstructure of white matter in the brain could be an important risk marker for psychosis, 菠萝视频 researchers have discovered.

    Jan 27, 2022