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Kirwan Prize, Sturgill Award Given to Outstanding Faculty
Two University of Kentucky faculty members were honored on April 25 with awards recognizing their outstanding contributions to teaching and scholarship at UK. Sidney W. Whiteheart, professor of molecular and cellular biochemistry in the UK College of Medicine, was awarded the 2013 Albert D. and Elizabeth H.
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Meet the Researchers Day at Markey
Tianyan Gao showed Micah Fowler, 13, center, and other Boyle County seventh-graders how to analyze DNA in the lab using a protocol called gel electrophoresis. The demonstration Tuesday was part of Meet the Researchers Day at the University of Kentucky Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building. Carroll County Middle School students also attended. Schools in the region participated in a fundraiser called Pennies for Patients for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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New Insight Into ALS

Researchers at UK have discovered a new cellular mechanism that may better explain what causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.  ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that involves the death of motor neurons, leading to the muscle weakness and atrophy.