Clinical Trial Gives UK Pathologist New Hope
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.
Recent Faculty Publication: "The L-type calcium channel current modulation mechanism: the plot thickens and fogs"
Research Identifies Pathway Connecting Some HIV Drugs With Liver Disease
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."
Dr. Sharon Walsh is Among Renowned Scientists who Join Scientific Advisory Board
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.
Zhou Lab publishes article in Journal of Hepatology
5th Annual Symposium Healthy Hearts for Women
UKnow: Meyerson Named Chief of Thoracic Surgery at UK
By Allison Perry and Josh Shepherd
Skinner Lecture Features Class of '98 Alum
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
5th Annual Healthy Hearts for Women Symposium: Friday, February 1st
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.
Sci-Fi to Reality: Superpowered Salamander May Hold Key to Human Regeneration
Regeneration is one of the most enticing areas of biological research. How are some animals able to regrow body parts? Is it possible that humans could do the same? If scientists could unlock the secrets that confer those animals with this remarkable ability, the knowledge could have profound significance in clinical practice down the road.
