Researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center have made a breakthrough discovery that solves a mystery long forgotten by science and have identified a potentially novel avenue in pre-clinical models to treat non-small cell lung cancers.

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HAZARD, Ky. (Sept. 11, 2019)  Kentucky’s newly appointed Commissioner of Public Health Dr. Angela T. Dearinger will speak at the fifth annual Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit on the Porch. The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) hosts this one-day event each year to bring attention to health disparities research in Appalachia. Appalachian Research Day will be held Wednesday, Sept. 18 at the First Federal Center in Hazard.

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Scientists Rethink Alzheimer's, Diversifying the Drug Search

Click here to view the original article on nytimes.com

Article features Donna Wilcock, PhD [Sanders-Brown Center on Aging; Department of Physiology]

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The links below contain all of the material you need for 2019 University of Kentucky Cardiovascular Research Day.

Schedule of the Day

Abstract Book

Wifi Help

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Grocery shopping can be overwhelming given the number of choices down every aisle and deciding between what is healthy or not can add to that challenge. It is possible to stick to a healthy meal plan – you just have to plan ahead. 

Here are grocery guidelines to reduce the amount of dietary fat, sugar, and salt that is associated with a higher risk for obesity, heart attack, diabetes and other diseases. 

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Dr. Emily Marcinkowski is the new Director of Surgery Advanced Development for fourth-year medical students. Her appointment by the UK College of Medicine Curriculum Committee became official this September.

She joins Dr. Cortney Lee as a co-director in the Department of Surgery's Medical School Education clerkships.

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This month's suggested reading is "How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing" by Paul Silvia. Some people find writing easy. Some find it hard. Either way, from your graduate training on you get to do a lot of it. This slim volume (just 110 pages!) provides some guidelines to help you get it done (hint: just do it).

Find it here!

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In August the Department had six new publications listed in PubMed.

1: Slaughter KB, Dutch RE. Transmembrane domain dissociation is required for Hendra F protein fusogenic activity. J Virol. 2019 Aug 28. pii: JVI.01069-19. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01069-19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31462574.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 6, 2019) — A true outpouring of human support — that is how Sen. Reggie Thomas described the treatment his wife received at the Markey Cancer Center. As she battled uterine cancer, alumna Lynda Morris Thomas was surrounded by people who cared about her and were invested in her recovery. “Everyone was so supportive of Lynda — she received outstanding care from the doctors and nurses — and they made her treatment more bearable,” Thomas said. “Everyone knows someone who has been touched by cancer.
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From Scientific Reports |  Nature Research

miR-146a Deficiency Accelerates Hepatic Inflammation Without Influencing Diet-induced Obesity in Mice

Aida Javidan1, Weihua Jiang1, Michihiro Okuyama1, Devi Thiagarajan1, Lihua Yang1, Jessica J. Moorleghen1, Latha Muniappan1 & Venkateswaran Subramanian1,2

1Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. 2Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. Latha Muniappan is deceased. 

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