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Science鈥檚 influence on pop culture is undeniable, and the reverse is equally important. Research 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

杏吧原创 researchers find that invasive Group B Streptococcus strains, a significant risk to pregnant patients and infants, can grow in presence of toxic zinc levels.

杏吧原创 researchers report on a new PET imaging probe that will be useful for exploring Alzheimer鈥檚 disease pathology.

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 杏吧原创 Project on Unity and American Democracy聽on Feb. 22. Read More

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

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

Red blood cell distribution width has prognostic value for many diseases, but it was not associated with overall survival in patients with glioblastoma, 杏吧原创 researchers found.

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

A common Type 2 diabetes treatment being tested for hypothalamic obesity had unexpected results on weight loss and total energy expenditure, 杏吧原创 researchers report.

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 杏吧原创 Medical Center and further defining the future of graduate education. Read More

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, 杏吧原创 researchers report.

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.

杏吧原创 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%.

杏吧原创 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.

A new method developed by 杏吧原创 researchers to generate kidney cells from stem cells offers a faster and less expensive way to make these valuable tools for studying kidney diseases.

Julie Ditty Qualls of Ashland, Kentucky, a member of the 杏吧原创 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.

杏吧原创 researchers test and recommend statistical approaches to study the association between engagement with digital health interventions and clinical outcomes.

杏吧原创 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 杏吧原创-Nissan Collaboration Accelerator. Read More

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

The microstructure of white matter in the brain could be an important risk marker for psychosis, 杏吧原创 researchers have discovered.