St. Elizabeth Healthcare Joins Markey Affiliate Network
St. Elizabeth Healthcare announced Friday that it has joined the Markey Cancer Center Affiliate Network, further expanding its relationship with the University of Kentucky.
The UK Markey Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Kentucky. By joining the UK Markey Cancer Center Affiliate Network, St. Elizabeth Healthcare will now be able to further enhance care available to patients in Northern Kentucky, while allowing patients to stay closer to home and their support systems for most treatments.
Training Kentucky's Next Generation of Cancer Fighters
For Carrigan Wasilchenko – and so many others hailing from Eastern Kentucky – cancer is not just a public health issue. It's also a problem that hits far too close to home.
"I don't think I know one person who doesn't know someone who's been affected by cancer in some way," said Wasilchenko, whose mother and grandmother both had cancer. "It's very personal."
NIH T32 PIs and Administrators--Important Changes related to the Transition to xTRACT System
Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices
SCoBIRC Hosts 24th Annual Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust Conference
"Serum amyloid A3 is pro-atherogenic"
BACKGROUND AND AIMS:
Serum amyloid A (SAA) predicts cardiovascular events. Overexpression of SAA increases atherosclerosis development; however, deficiency of two of the murine acute phase isoforms, SAA1.1 and SAA2.1, has no effect on atherosclerosis. SAA3 is a pseudogene in humans, but is an expressed acute phase isoform in mice. The goal of this study was to determine if SAA3 affects atherosclerosis in mice.
Registration, Abstract Submission Available for Appalachian Research Day
University of Kentucky researchers and doctors work closely with communities throughout Appalachia to learn more about health issues and improve wellbeing. Appalachian Research Day, led by the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health, is an opportunity to highlight community-based research that begins at the local level and builds upon relationships between people, neighborhoods, and groups who have common interests and concerns.
New Study Shows Repurposing Leukemia Drugs May Prevent Melanoma Metastasis
Data from a new study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that repurposing drugs used to treat leukemia has promise for preventing melanoma metastasis.
Are Humans 'Smeller Underachievers?' Not So Fast…
People Behind Our Research: Sally Ellingson Uses Big Data and Machine Learning to Improve Drug Development
From childhood excellence in art and math, Sally Ellingson has built a robust career in computational drug discovery.
Two Strokes and Three Surgeries Later, Lexington Teen Set to Graduate High School
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2018) — "Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis" didn't show up as a question on Destiny Taschner's ACT test. But if it had, this high schooler would have been able to give its definition.
As any neurologist knows, those 29 letters spell serious trouble, and Taschner was in it.
