Final results for the Sunbelt Melanoma Trial, published online this month in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, show that thanks to current diagnostic techniques, most stage III melanoma patients do not benefit from treatment with interferon.
Daniel J. Conklin of the University of Louisville will share new data showing that e-cigarettes have been shown to speed up atherosclerosis – the plaque-causing disease that leads to heart attack, stroke and peripheral arterial disease.
Microorganisms in the gut could play a role in reducing the severity of malaria, according to a new study co-authored by researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of Louisville.
The chair of family and geriatric medicine at the University of Medicine is one of four new members named to the 16-member panel that makes national recommendations about clinical preventive services.
The Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging at the University of Louisville will host its inaugural Optimal Aging Conference June 12-14 in Louisville.
The grant will provide training opportunities to students, residents and professionals and will target seniors in six rural counties in Kentucky.
University of Louisville researchers recently received a patent on a synthetic biochemical compound and its variants, moving science closer to a treatment for gum disease.
UofL scientists demonstrate that the protein kinase TAK1 (transforming growth factor-ß-activated kinase 1), is vital in regulating the survival and proliferation of satellite stem cells, responsible for regenerating adult skeletal muscles.
Matthew Aalsma of Indiana University will discuss why juvenile justice reform efforts that decrease the reliance on incarceration and improve behavioral health and medical services are important public health initiatives.
Researchers at the University of Louisville have identified the role of TNF receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6), an adaptor protein and E3 ubiquitin ligase, in ensuring the vitality of stem cells that regenerate muscle tissue.
The CDC awards UofL $5.7 to establish a Youth Violence Prevention Research Center
University of Louisville researcher Bart Borghuis, Ph.D., has increased our understanding of how people and animals deal with sensorimotor delay in day-to-day interactions by analyzing the hunting skills of salamanders. His article, “The Role of Motion Extrapolation in Amphibian Prey Capture,” is published in today’s issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
Senator Tim Scott spoke at the University of Louisville through the McConnell Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series. He address the challenges the U.S. faces in combating ISIS, as well as leadership principles.
William J. Crump, M.D., associate dean for the UofL Trover Campus, shows that physicians who spent their last two years of medical school at the rural campus are much more likely to ultimately practice in a rural setting.
A new therapeutic vaccine, GTL001, developed by Genticel to clear HPV strains 16 and 18 – the types most likely to cause cancer – is being evaluated for safety in a Phase I clinical trial at the University of Louisville, along with Philadelphia and Columbus, Oh.
University of Louisville School of Medicine’s associate dean for research and vice chair for graduate education in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology has edited a new reference book covering the most current information on the health and environmental risks of arsenic exposure, “Arsenic: Exposure Sources, Health Risks, and Mechanisms of Toxicity.”
Pediatric cancer specialist Salvatore Bertolone Jr., M.D., successfully sought a viable treatment for a patient with an inflammatory pseudotumor. The parents of that patient have created a fund in his honor to help others.
M. Cynthia Logsdon Honored with Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research from Sigma Theta Tau International
Since the University of Louisville School of Nursing began a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing program in 2005, many of its graduates have started careers as nursing faculty at colleges and universities throughout the nation.
Clay Marsh, M.D., of West Virginia University will discuss ways to improve individual health and health systems at the 20th Annual Research!Louisville conference, Oct. 27-30 in Louisville, Ky.
Technologies to improve bone grafts and cancer immunotherapies, protect lung tissue during radiation treatment, reverse neurological damage and improve recovery from spinal cord injury are among the patents issued to the University of Louisville Research Foundation recently. Two of the inventions have been licensed and are in the process of making their way into the health-care system to improve the lives of patients.
The University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences has received a $300,000 gift from the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence to develop health literacy tools that tailor information about chronic health conditions to the underserved.
Having transformed the curriculum and the educational space in which it is delivered, the University of Louisville School of Medicine was notified by phone yesterday by its accrediting entity that it is in compliance with all educational standards and probationary status has been lifted.
Maureen McCall, Ph.D., will discuss the impact of eye disease, the search for therapies and the challenges in curing blindness in her ACC Distinguished Lecture address.
University of Louisville and UL Labratories are set to open the UL Additive Manufacturing Competency Center (AMCC), a 10,000-square-foot hub for students and professionals to train on 3-D printing and advanced manufacturing.
Craig H. Blakely, Ph.D., M.P.H., dean of the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences, has been appointed to the Defense Health Board, which advises the Secretary of Defense on matters relating to health for retired and active members of the military and their families.
Recent court ruling puts "Happy Birthday" song into popular domain, but discovery of early song manuscript adds mystery to song's origin.
Scientist available to discuss science/myth behind the "super blood moon" - once hailed as a sign of the apocalypse - which will happen Sept. 27.
As Pope Francis embarks on his first visit to the U.S., a recent survey shows that while he is extremely popular with American Catholics, there is a significant split concerning his active role in pushing an agenda outside the normal papal realm.
In patients with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, a clinical trial shows antidepressants can increase incidents of depression and mood cycling.
The only known manuscript of “Good Morning to All,” which evolved into the world-famous “Happy Birthday” song, was recently uncovered in the music archives at the University of Louisville.The 1890s manuscript was found in forgotten file cabinet after more than 60 years.
The UofL Office of Public Health Practice has relocated from the Health Sciences Center campus to West Louisville, an area of the city marked by health disparities and poverty.
Use of irreversible electroporation (IRE) doubles the survival time for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer say researchers at the University of Louisville in a paper in the September edition of the Annals of Surgery.
In a phase III trial reported in the August 2015 issue of Pediatrics, the new combination vaccine was determined to be effective, safe and well-tolerated.
Several units at the University of Louisville will join together with groups from throughout Louisville and the United States to commemorate the end of World War II.
Early bird registration is available until Aug. 15 for the 15th Annual Geriatric Health Care Symposium, “Maximizing Independence for Optimal Aging,” presented by the University of Louisville Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging.
The University of Louisville is one of only two institutions to host the army's Strategic Army Broadening seminar, designed to develop next generation of army leaders.
Children with cancer and their parents are finding hope in a Phase I research study led by Kenneth G. Lucas, M.D., at the University of Louisville, who is making progress in developing a vaccine that one day could possibly prevent recurrence of some childhood cancers.
One of the most promising areas of research in the fight against cancer is immunotherapy, or stimulating the body’s own immune system to destroy cancer. Jason Chesney, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the University of Louisville Department of Medicine and the deputy director of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, is conducting clinical trials using checkpoint inhibitors as well as modified herpes virus in the treatment of melanoma with impressive results.
University of Louisville working with a South Carolina company to commercialize a product called NuCoal.
Douglas Dean, Ph.D., has won the RPB Stein Innovation Award, presented to scientists actively engaged in research that investigates the visual system and the diseases that compromise its function.
Three faculty members holding endowed positions, an associate professor and an instructor from the University of Louisville will share their expertise this summer at the annual meeting of one of the nation’s premiere organizations of brain and spinal cord injury specialists and researchers.
The Academic Physician Precision Challenge is a fun, interactive game to raise awareness of academic medicine. Users test their knowledge of anatomy by placing 11 organs in the correct spot. Correct answers unlock medical advancement or discovery factoids and all players are ranked from surgeon to high school biology student at the end of the game..
Experts from around the country will join faculty experts from the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center, a part of KentuckyOne Health, to look at the latest evidence-based medicine in treating metastatic cancer of the central nervous system.
A single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Cervarix appears to be as effective in preventing certain HPV infections as three doses, the currently recommended course of vaccination. That is the conclusion of a study published today in The Lancet Oncology and co-authored by Diane Harper, M.D., M.P.H., the Rowntree Endowed Chair and professor in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
A head and neck cancer specialist has been named chair of the new Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisville.
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