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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’ 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.  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, Ģ����Ƶ 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, Ģ����Ƶ researchers report.

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver today announced six initiatives that include strengthening the university’s support of research, furthering connections and collaboration with Ģ����Ƶ 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, Ģ����Ƶ 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.

Ģ����Ƶ 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 (“booster”) vaccine dose significantly improves protection against omicron hospitalization up to 86%.

Ģ����Ƶ 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 Ģ����Ƶ 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 Ģ����Ƶ Athletics Hall of Fame who helped the women’s tennis team reach unprecedented heights and distinguished herself as a professional player, died Aug. 31, 2021.

Ģ����Ƶ researchers test and recommend statistical approaches to study the association between engagement with digital health interventions and clinical outcomes.

Ģ����Ƶ 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 Ģ����Ƶ-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. 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, Ģ����Ƶ researchers have discovered.

Ģ����Ƶ researchers help answer the question of why patients with autoimmune diseases like lupus are more susceptible to bacterial infections: their neutrophils have impaired antibacterial activity.

Photos by Richard CartwrightIllustrations by Michelle Pereira Cinematographer Alicia Robbins, BS’01, never planned on working behind the scenes. At Ģ����Ƶ, she aspired to a career in broadcast journalism, appearing in spots for Ģ����Ƶ Television and taking every class related to television and film she could find. Everything changed when her… Read More

Researchers at Ģ����Ƶ Medical Center have developed a new method for identifying drugs for the repurposing trials that can lead to new indications for drugs already in use.

Illustrations by Gary Bates From the Civil War to the battle over civil rights, the United States has seen levels of conflict in the past that have threatened to tear the country apart. But watching the violent attack on the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, Professor of Political Science… Read More