This month, our department published the following 6 publications!

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As a longtime pathologist at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Charles Lutz is no stranger to cancer.

Lutz has spent much of his career in the lab, helping patients behind the scenes. At the UK Markey Cancer Center, he works in molecular diagnosis and HLA tissue typing in bone marrow transplantation for leukemia and other cancers. He also helps match patients in end-stage organ failure with an appropriate solid organ transplant for the UK Transplant Center.

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J Clin Invest. 2019 Feb 1;129(2):496-498. doi: 10.1172/JCI125958.
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As a raft of new treatments for HIV infection have come on the market in the past 20 years, AIDS patients have gotten access to drugs that allow them to live longer.

"These drugs are miracles," said Dr. Richard N. Greenberg, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Kentucky. "Before the advent of anti-retroviral drugs, HIV infection was a death sentence. Now, taken properly, the life span of a person with an HIV infection is practically normal."

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UK researcher Sharon Walsh is among other nationally renowned experts who were recently named to the Addiction Policy Forum’s Scientific Advisory Board. The board is made up of experts in of medicine, psychiatry, addiction treatment, research, and public health who will provide strategic guidance and direction for important research and scientific programs. 

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Dr. Taesik Gwag, along with Dr. Changcheng Zhou and colleagues from the Zhou lab have an article in the Journal of Hepatology entitled "Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor efavirenz activates PXR to induce hypercholesterolemia and hepatic steatosis". Other co-authors include faculty colleagues Drs. Shuxia Wang, from our department, and R Greenberg of UK's Internal Medicine. The article deals with novel approaches to overcoming cardiovascular risks imparted by anti-viral therapies used in the treatment of HIV. Kudos to the Zhou Lab and colleagues!
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Skinner Lecture for Distinguished Alumni, Physiology Seminar Series
"Tools Based on Neurotropic Viruses for Structural and Functional Studies"
Fuqiang Xu, PhD
Director, Center for Brain Science
Associate Director, CAS Key Lab of Bio-NMR Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Physiology Class of 1998
Mentor: Tim McClintock, PhD

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The 5th Annual Healthy Hearts for Women Symposium will take place this Friday, February 1st. This year's symposium features four distinguished faculty from across the nation and Canada. The event begins at 8:30 am with registration and breakfast in Pavilion A Auditorium in the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

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